As I often say, we often complain about software while the problem is the way we use it. It’s the reason why many people consider that the largest part of spam they receive at word comes from their colleagues, their hierarchy.
That’s why I liked this Dilbert strip about information sharing. We can also conclude that [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Information / knowledge management'
What makes the value of shared information ?
September 18th, 2009 · View Comments · Information / knowledge management, Organization & Management, information
Tags: decision·decision-making·email·information·sharing·spam
Your knowledge helps you more than your productivity
September 9th, 2009 · View Comments · Information / knowledge management, economy, knowledge-economy, social computing, strategy
I’ve always had an ambiguous feeling about productivity. In the one hand, doing more or faster with the same amount of resources is a significant improvement. In the other hand, with hindsight, we have to admit that productivity continuously increased these last decades, that whenever a hard time everything is done to increase it even [...]
Tags: collaboration·economy·ecosystem·Innovation·knowledge·knowledge-economy·learning·problem solving·productivity·ROA·social media·social-software
When does the value of a “social object” have to be measured ?
June 2nd, 2009 · View Comments · Information / knowledge management, Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, social computing
Let’s be clear, I’m talking about value, not about ROI (although the one is a part of the other) and about “social objects” in the large sense of the word : everything that can exist on a social platform, when using social software. It may be a content, an information specially generated, an information shared [...]
Tags: bottlenecks·information·intangible assets·knowledge-economy·knowledgeworkers·ONA·production·ROI·social computing·social networks·social-software·strategy maps·value
Social Media needs a better signal to noise ratio : discovering Microplaza
March 6th, 2009 · View Comments · Collaborative practices, Information / knowledge management, Intranets & collaborative tools, social computing
Information is key for efficient business operations. The way it circulates must be facilitated and fluidified? Everything may be very valuable at a given moment for a given person while being useless for anybody else. Identifying week signals is critical but it implies to increase the amount of information that circulates through the enterprise. People [...]
Tags: filter·information·microplaza·search·search engines·social network·twitter·web-2.0
Social networks are the quintessence of enterprise web 2.0
February 27th, 2009 · View Comments · Information / knowledge management, Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, social computing
The issue has been emerging for years but it’s now a hard trend : companies don’t consider internal use of web 2.0 as a prospective subject and started to work on its implementation. The network logic and the question of knowing how to implement it is now on CEO”s agendas. All the same, people in [...]
Tags: business networks·connection·enterprise 2.0·enterprise-social-software·infobesity·information·information overload·social media·social networks·social-software·web-2.0
Is multitasking dangerous or a myth ?
January 23rd, 2009 · View Comments · Communication, Information / knowledge management, Organization & Management, social computing
Multitasking is a big issue for both people and organization. It’s the (presumed and made essential) ability for someone to do many things at the same time. The social media phenomenon and the increasing number of information flows people are exposed to are making this concern more and more central.
I’m afraid that, behing th multitasking [...]
Tags: Communication·enterprise-social-software·flows·information·knowledge·marketplaces·multitasking·productivity·social media·social-software·software·supply chain
Can enterprises organize themselves as markets
January 17th, 2009 · View Comments · Collaborative practices, Information / knowledge management, Organization & Management, enterprise 2.0, knowledge-economy, social computing
What’s a market ? It’s a place when offer meets demand.
Companies love markets because it’s the more efficient way to find outlets for their products and identify suppliers. It’s a competitiveness factor because of the outlets it provides and the optimization of costs that competition makes possible.
The “social” web is a market somehow. Contents can [...]
Tags: coase·coordination·costs·enterprise-social-software·internet·management·market·marketplaces·organization·production·social-software·social-web·soo·transaction costs·web·web-2.0
I’m more productive when I get rid of the tools I use
December 22nd, 2008 · View Comments · IT, Information / knowledge management, Intranets & collaborative tools, Organization & Management
After a long reflection I realized that the tools I use were the cause of a high level improductivity. And that the others gives me incredible services.
Try to pay attention to this in the upcomming days. Try to take some distance on your own experience, listen to your colleagues, you friends, and I’m sure you’ll [...]
Tags: ergonomy·flows·information·knowledge-workers·productivity·software·supply chain
Network or proximity ? Where’s the value for businesses ?
October 21st, 2008 · View Comments · Communities, HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, Information / knowledge management, Intranets & collaborative tools, Social Networking, social computing
Social networks seem to be used to fit nearly any case, regardless to the fact their value come from the context. As an example, my newtorks on facebook and linkedin have nothing in common, links are built upon different criterias, in different contexts. Knowing than Mr. so-and-so is one of my contacts on one or [...]
Tags: collaboration·conference·informal-networks·networks·relationship·social networks·social objects·w2e_europe08·web 2.0 expo·web-2.0
When channels and platforms will merge : new way to communicate in the workspace
October 8th, 2008 · View Comments · Collaborative practices, IT, Information / knowledge management, Intranets & collaborative tools
When we talk about connected enterprises and interconnected and interdepent employees, it’s hard for many people to imagine this kind of reality, to visualize what it may look like in their day to day job.
That’s not a suprise. Just try to think like anybody who’s been using for at least ten years three communication modes [...]
Tags: collaboration·Communication·conference·telephony·unified communications·w2e_europe08·web 2.0 expo·web-2.0
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