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" The most successful companies are those that think jointly technological change, work design and the changes in internal social relationships.” Antoine Riboud.
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Why prediction markets have no success in France (and maybe elsewhere…)

March 19th, 2010 · View Comments · enterprise 2.0, social computing

When I talk about enterprise 2.0 with people, they often say things about blogs, wikis, social networks etc… When I say “prediction markets” they look at we with flabbergasted eyes. I find very surprising that while it’s always mentioned as being a part of the enterprise 2.0 field on many other countries, it’s never mentioned [...]

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Is enterprise 2.0 possible without positive thinking ?

March 16th, 2010 · View Comments · Organization & Management, enterprise 2.0

I’ll start with a statement that’s nothing new and won’t surprise anyone. We are all different, with our cultures, values, expectations, and even if things may look quite uniform at a local scale, the diversity of our world becomes obvious when we have to work in a globalized context.
In the same way, any idea, trend, [...]

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New report on the state of enterprise 2.0

March 11th, 2010 · View Comments · enterprise 2.0

Cécile Demailly had the kindness to send me the report she made about the state of enterprise 2.0, a report than can be purchased here. It relies on the responses of people from 50 large organizations, often international, and the fact 48% respondants are french gives a very interesting picture of the double context (local [...]

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About enterprise 2.0 and ERPs

March 11th, 2010 · View Comments · Organization & Management, enterprise 2.0

I’ll soon take a part in a webTV discussion which theme is “Is enterprise 2.0 the antithesis of ERP” organized by the great Techtoc.tv team (ok…that’s all in french). The preparatory discussions are rather heated, what’s promising for the debate. Meanwhile, I’d like to share some thoughts about the issue we’ll debate.
ERP ? That’s to [...]

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What place for communities in collaboration ?

March 2nd, 2010 · View Comments · Collaborative practices, Communities, Organization & Management, enterprise 2.0

The switch from a compartimentalized enterprise collaborating on a small perimeter to an enterprise that harnesses mass collaboration and leverages social networks and communties is much harder than many expected.
But is “transformation” a relevant word ?
First because collaboration has many differents levels and scopes that not exclusive but complementary. Enterprise 2.0 does not mean the [...]

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Is Quality the 2.0 word for quantity ?

February 23rd, 2010 · View Comments · Organization & Management, enterprise 2.0

Before starting anything in any context, knowing what one want to achieve is essential. Some say that the answer is obvisous : sell. The famous “Nothing happens until something is sold” by Thomas Waston is still unconsciously embebbed in many things we do and we have to admit that being the best at anything is [...]

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blueKiwi : the good use of conversations

February 19th, 2010 · View Comments · Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, social computing

The last “Virtual Enterpise 2.0 conference” was  a good opportunity to visit some vendor’s booth to know what to expect from them in 2010. I finally had a look at  blueKiwi to see what was new at our European leader.
[Disclaimer..: I joined blueKiwi at the versy beginning of the company and left in last décember. [...]

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What’s new at Lotus ? Coherence, openness and value

February 19th, 2010 · View Comments · IT, Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, social computing

I rencently had the chance to attend Lotusphere in order to gauge the feeling of what what happening at IBM/Lotus. I took some time to write this post because I was not sure of the point of view I had to take.
It was obvious that “I saw tools doing this and this” was not relevant. [...]

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Social Networking for Business : a collaboration engineering guide in the 2.0 era

February 18th, 2010 · View Comments · Communities, Intranets & collaborative tools, Organization & Management, Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, social computing

If you read this blog it may be because the new approaches to collaboration and among them social networks interest you. You surely get their potential. You surely understand that deploying a tool, put passion and energy in your projet and pray is not the best way to make things work and achieve tangible results [...]

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