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I often worry when I see companies that mistakes means for goals. It’s a common issue on enterprise 2.0 : “put people into networks”, “share information”, “collaborate” are not goals, they are only means that help to achieve goals. Reduce the time of response, innovate more and quicker, devilver something that exactly meets client’s needs, [...]
To all employees:
Beginning August 1st, you will no longer be able to send an e-mail to another employee of our organization. After some study, we have concluded that such e-mails are almost never the most efficient or effective way to obtain, provide or exchange information. In fact, we estimate that as much as 20% of [...]
Two people from the CIA gave a talk during last Enteprise 2.0 conference. They cited a 1944 manual which was about sabotage a business from the inside :
(1) Insist on doing everything through “channels.” Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions.
(2) Make “speeches.” Talk as frequently as possible and [...]
You problably don’t know Michel Hervé and that’s a pity since thy guy is really worth being exported. This entrepreneur is well known for his book “from the pyramid to the networks” (unfortunately only available in french) that describes the way he run his business, has he says, in a participative and democrat way. Something [...]
A few words about a recentTNS Sofres survey about the use of web 2.0 in France and user’s expectations.
Just one thing to take into consideration : the following numbers are about web 2.0 users in France that’s to say, according to the survey, 58% of the population. I think it’s even more : people who [...]
We can’t focus on informal only and forget top-down. If we do, this may happen :
Very fun in a cartoon…but I’m not sure we’d like to see it happen in our companies.
Future is the connection between two worlds, not the replacement of one by the other.
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Tags: Communication , enterprise 2.0
It would have been easier to put a youtube video here and just ask you to watch it…hoping you can speak french or have in your surrouding somebody who does. So I’ll put the video and will try to translate it into english.
What is it about : Louis Schweitzer, former CEO of Renault (I [...]
We all known intranet 2.0 is a matter of transparency, of visibility. These are necessary behaviors but evenu those who agree with that acknowledge it may be frightening for a lot of managers. And they surely consider the bank manager I talked about in a former post is inconscious.
What do people exactly fear ? To [...]
Email has become the real company’s killer app. Easy to use, no teaching needed, quick delevery…really a great tool isn’t it? In fact if email can be good for some things it may also have a negative impact in your organization. Let’s see why and, possibly, find alternative solutions.
A real killer app
I think my introduction’s [...]
“The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about”
Oscar Wilde
Tags: Communication , Corporate blogging