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Thoughts on management, HR, social networks…and enterprise 2.0

" 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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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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Stop saying nonsenses about Facebook and productivity

September 3rd, 2009 · View Comments · Human resources, IT, Organization & Management, Social Networking

One day we can read that using Facebook at work increases productivity by 9%. The day after we ear that it decreases by 1,5%. Depending on people’s interest, sometimes a liberal attitude is promoted, sometimes a total ban, sometimes an internal placebo made of home-mades facebook-likes intranet. This is only my own opinion but I’d [...]

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No enterprise 2.0 without professionalizing web 2.0

March 3rd, 2009 · View Comments · Organization & Management, Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, social computing

One of the most common barriers to enterprise 2.0 is web 2.0 itself. Many decision makers, when they start their benchmark, logically look at what happens on the web. Some rely on their own experience, some discover a world that’s really new to them, sometimes without understanding it.
This causes issues on two points of the [...]

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What kind of social networks do companies need ?

February 4th, 2009 · View Comments · Intranets & collaborative tools, Organization & Management, Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, social computing

Need for synergies, for connections, to do more with less ? Whatever the official reason is (and sometimes the unofficial one), companies are now turning back to the gool old network, renamed “social network” to stick to the the current climate, to find new pools of performance.
Because companies focus on efficiency, people’s network is not [...]

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Seen, read, heard this week #1

November 30th, 2008 · View Comments · Human resources, Intranets & collaborative tools, Organization & Management, social computing

A new column that will be weekly…or not. Will last..or not. Sometimes I read, hear, see things that are not worth a post but that I feel like sharing like I would do at the cofee machine, around a drink or a lunch…
Heard during a conversation

• “Since they are not provided with the tools they [...]

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Everything and its opposite about using social networks at the office

June 24th, 2008 · View Comments · Intranets & collaborative tools, Social Networking, social computing

This week again the squabble about “pro or against using social networks at work” delivered some new arguments. While CNN was telling us using social networks at work could bring some benefits, the Confederation of British Industry ways saying exactly the opposite, stating it makes companies loose billions.
What’s the truth, if there’s any ?

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Social networks ban hyprocrisis while email costs $650 billion per year

March 22nd, 2008 · View Comments · Communication, IT, Organization & Management, Social Networking, social computing

There’s not a month without the publication of new statistics about losses due the use of social networks by employees. We have to b e very cautions with such datas.
First because the only thing we can calculate is the ration between the connection lenght and the hourly cost of the employee, that’s nothing tangible. That’s [...]

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Web 2.0 is knocking on French companies’ doors

February 20th, 2008 · View Comments · Communication, Communities, Corporate blogging, HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, Intranets & collaborative tools, about france, enterprise 2.0, social computing

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 [...]

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Is facebook Evil or a nice training field ?

November 21st, 2007 · View Comments · Communities, Intranets & collaborative tools, Social Networking, social computing

Serena Software looked conspicuous those last weeks by encouraging its employees to use Facebook. An interesting news at the time the famous social network was accused of making companies loose millions of dollars.
According to Serena’s CEO , preserving a community spirit et creating link inside the company is key in success and performance. [...]

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