For a long time, and because many thought they could import the social web’s behaviors in the enterprise as is, the projects aiming at bringing the social dimension within employee’s work tried to structure the enterprise the way the web was. That means people will looking for “communities” that were supposed to fill “social spaces”, [...]
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From Google Wave to Social Networks : the social napoleon
November 20th, 2009 · View Comments · Communities, IT, Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, social computing
Tags: blogs·collaboration·Communities·enterprise 2.0·google·google wave·social networks
Does enterprise 2.0 threaten your security ?
August 25th, 2009 · View Comments · IT, enterprise 2.0, social computing
Among the many questions businesses have about enterprise 2.0, this one has an important place. Not because enterprise 2.0 is necessarily dangerous but because any new thing brings a change in a situation that’s supposed to be secured. So the principle of precaution plays its part in organization where risk aversion is more important than [...]
Tags: enterprise 2.0·google·privacy·saas·security·social media·social-software·twitter
When tools are on the cloud, companies have to make money rain
November 7th, 2008 · View Comments · Collaborative practices, HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, Organization & Management, Social Networking, social computing
Cloud computing is the new buzzword, at least untill the next one comes.It’s a reality we can’t ignore, even if it’s more about a question of place than about technology : it’s the place where things happen.
Let me explain. Consider someone who is able to work alone and must work this way. It’s the efficient [...]
Tags: allocaiton key·benefits·cloud computing·collaboration·costs·google·Innovation·management·objectives·problem solving·social computing·value
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 [...]
Tags: CIO·cloud computing·digital-natives·GE·General Electric·google·social computing·techno populism·techno populists·unilever·web·web-2.0·webtop·zoho
Innovation at Google : a model to follow ?
March 17th, 2008 · View Comments · Human resources, Ideas & innovation management, Organization & Management, strategy
A few weeks ago I read a note on Internet Actu [fr] , about Google’s innovation model, where many expert gave their opinion on whether it was a model to follow or an exception. My point here is not to discuss Google’s model but to wonder what the very existence of this kind of [...]
Tags: benchmarking·corporate culture·culture·google·Innovation·management·organization·strategy
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