Bertrand Duperrin's Notepad

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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What future for alumni networks ?

April 27th, 2009 · View Comments · Social Networking

My former B-School recently launched a social network for its alumni.  I’ve been waiting for it for years since I’m convinced that’s the things must go.
Not such a long time ago, the added value of an alumni network was to be a part of a directory and, sometimes, to attend some events if you had [...]

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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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During the downturn social networks are more at work than they ever did

December 15th, 2008 · View Comments · Social Networking, social computing

This is the obvious evidence that, before predicting the end of some trends, it would be necessary to wonder about their goals. In brief, instead of saying that a new born generation of tools will soon disappear, it’s important to think about their usefulness, their value. No matter it’s a downturn time or not, people [...]

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Seen, read, heard this week #2

December 8th, 2008 · View Comments · Human resources, Organization & Management, Social Networking, 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…
Seen
• This mindmap of enterprise organization by Richard Menneveux. Ok…it’s in french but [...]

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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.
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