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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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Entries Tagged as 'digital-natives'

Survey on the use of IT in french companies

February 20th, 2009 · View Comments · Human resources, IT, Intranets & collaborative tools, social computing

Two weeks ago I was invited by Microsoft to attend the presentation of a survey on the use of IT in fench companies. Two things made it really interesting
• Although the fact new generations were transforming the use of IT, there was no global study to quantify and qualify it.
• The methodology was neutral and [...]

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Millenials : racing drivers without driving licence

December 28th, 2008 · View Comments · Human resources, social computing

Whether we rely on a recent Accenture survey or all what we can read all around the web, future generations will deeply change the way people work in the workplace.
Somewhere it’s an incredible chance since they already developed all the behaviors that are suitable for employees in an agile and interconnected  But many studies seem [...]

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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 [...]

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Techno populists come to power at Unilever, GE…and in your company ?

October 15th, 2008 · View Comments · IT, Intranets & collaborative tools, Organization & Management, social computing

I discovered the term “techno-populist” while reading this businessweek article. This expression, originally due to Forrester, designates people who flout their company’s IT policies in order to use in their professional lives the tools they use in their private life.
Wendy wakes joined Unilever when she was 27. Within the marketing department she quickly experienced the [...]

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Digital natives, e-culture, e-students

September 22nd, 2008 · View Comments · Communication, Information / knowledge management, social computing

Everybody focuses on the digital natives, the e-culture, and how those who are coming after us will deeply transform organizations.
Another point is the underlying question of the use of new tools in the educational process. Because Digital Natives are Digital Learners, what perhaps count much more than anything else, if they can’t learn, their difference [...]

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Digital Nomads : today’s community for tomorrow’s workers

August 19th, 2008 · View Comments · Human resources, IT, Intranets & collaborative tools, Organization & Management, social computing

Perhaps you’ve already heard about Digital Nomads. More than a site it’s rather a community for those who break the traditionnal link between working and being at the office and use the right tools to be connected and able to work anywhere, anytime. Alone but not isolated : digital nomads often interact more with their [...]

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Enterprise 2.0 is not (only) about young people

July 5th, 2008 · View Comments · Human resources, Information / knowledge management, enterprise 2.0, information, social computing

When people discuss enterprise 2.0 things often shift to Generation Y for whom new tools and practices are a part of their DNA. But I don’t think we have to consider enterprise 2.0 is about those young people and that older ones are barrier to change.
My experience tends to prove it : leaders we can [...]

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Tools won’t seduce digital natives. Culture will.

April 16th, 2008 · View Comments · Human resources, recruitment

Recruiting Digital Natives make companies ask lots of questions. Some of their concerns are not justfied, and we can also read many nonsenses.
“They have their habits, their own way to do things, with their own tools…we only have to adopt those tools to seduce them”. Wrong ! They don’t juge by appearances (or as we [...]

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Enterprise 2.0 : the last step before the project economy ?

April 15th, 2008 · View Comments · Organization & Management, enterprise 2.0

A few months ago I wondered if we were on the road to an externalisazion of enterprise’s non structuring function, which may paradoxally put value creation outside the enterprise. In this situation the enterprise’s only job would be to manage outsiders according to its needs. I don’t say it’s a good or a bad thing, [...]

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Switching from work to partnership

March 14th, 2008 · View Comments · Human resources, Recommended Bookmarks, enterprise 2.0

Many people try to guess how enterprises will look like in the future. I’m afraid no one can answer thins question. In the other hand there are trends we can’t ignore : in the same way baby boomers dramatically transformed the companies they joined, digital natives will dot the same with our companies.
But prudence is [...]

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