Managers use to say that one can’t manage what is not measurable. We can also add that businesses don’t undertake things they can’t drive. So the conclusion is that businesses don’t unertake anything if they can’t measure the result. It may be a statement of the obvioux but it’s always worth reminding it. Talking about [...]
Entries Tagged as 'knowledge-economy'
Enterprise 2.0 and the measurement hypocrisy
December 8th, 2009 · View Comments · enterprise 2.0, knowledge-economy
Tags: enterprise 2.0·indicators·knowledge-economy·measurement
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
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
Productivity : this elusive graal
January 15th, 2009 · View Comments · Human resources, Organization & Management, knowledge-economy
A few weeks ago I threw a bottle in the sea on the productivity question, a graal everyone’s looking for without really getting it. I had a lot of answers on my french blog which inspires me to write this synthesis.
I was sure there will be a lot of discussions but I didn’t think there [...]
What we should know as a new year begins
January 1st, 2009 · View Comments · IT, knowledge-economy
I alreaday published this video last year. It comes back with a new look and soundtrack (even if I liked the previous one too). Nothing new but things to keep in mind while a new year begins. Now we know, let’s act.
Happy New Year everybody !
Tags: internet , knowledge-economy
Tags: internet·knowledge-economy
Taking the most of intangible assets creates strong competitive advantage
December 21st, 2008 · View Comments · knowledge-economy
A glance at McKinsey’s to read one of their latest production : “Using Power Curves to assess industries dynamics“.
A survey based on 150 companies revenue shows that performance doesn’t follow a bell curve but a “power curve” that shows that most companies in a given indistry are above the average. What, said differently, means that [...]
Tags: competitive-advantage·immaterial assets·intangible assets·mckinsey·performance
Enterprise 2.0 : my predictions for 2009
December 18th, 2008 · View Comments · HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, Organization & Management, Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, knowledge-economy, social computing
Honestly I was not sure I would conform to the annual predictions tradition. Finally, since my 2008 edition was not that bad (shift from “social tools at people’s disposal” to the acknowledgement it needed inclusion in business process) and Susan kindly asks for it, I’ll try to do something interesing this year.
That said, I will [...]
Tags: accountancy·accounting·BIP·business intelligence·business model·business networks·business process·demin·digital-natives·e20prediction·enterprise 2.0·generation y·immaterial assets·intangible assets·intellectual capital·management·management-2.0·millenials·mobility·organization·ROI·social business·theory of constraints
Linkedin : from social networking to business intelligence for people
December 5th, 2008 · View Comments · Social Networking, knowledge-economy, social computing
Last week I had the pleasure to be invited to have a chat with Reid Hoffman (Founder and Chairman), Jean-Luc Vaillant (CTO) and Kevin Eyres (Director for Europe) of linkedin who invited a few blogers in a nice Parisian Restaurant in order to talk about their service, its current affairs and its future.
I’d like to [...]
Tags: BIP·business intelligence·enteprise social networks·knowledge-economy·linkedin·reid hoffman·social networks
How can we tell we are productive…or not ?
December 3rd, 2008 · View Comments · Organization & Management, knowledge-economy
According to me it’s really a key issue for the future of organization, call it 2.0 or whatever you want. I’m not talking about the need for productivity but about what productivity is and how we can measure it and say someone is productive or not.
When I was young it was a typical excercise in [...]
Web 2.0 tools to improve information readiness
November 28th, 2008 · View Comments · Ideas & innovation management, enterprise 2.0, information, knowledge-economy, social computing
Today, many opinions converge to admit two things :
• companies need to be more and and more reactive in order to run their traditionnal activities in a more and more complexe context, where foreseeability is very uncertain and where sharp competences and complex competences assembling are needed in a short range of time. Something like [...]
Tags: enterprise 2.0·immaterial assets·information·intangible assets·intellectual capital·knowledge·knowledge-economy·knowledge-management·strategy maps·value·value creation·web-2.0
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