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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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Will you know how to export your conversations and focus on transactions ?

December 7th, 2009 · View Comments · Communication, HR & Management 2.0, Social Networking, recruitment

The world of communication and marketing is worried because of the consecration of digital medias, an highbrow word used to talk about the web by people who are suddently feeling out of date.
For many people, the revolution brought by the web is the so-called new “power” that’s in internauts’ hands. According to me this power, [...]

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So you are a marketing professional, passionate about social software and looking for a new challenge ?

October 30th, 2009 · View Comments · News

If you recognized yourself in the title of this post, maybe I’ve got something for you.  A leading european player in the enterprise social software field I know very well, considered as a visionary in  the last Gartner Magic Quadrant for social sotware in the workplace is hiring its VP marketing.
So if you live in [...]

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Personal branding is not about self promotion but collective intelligence

September 17th, 2009 · View Comments · HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, Social Networking

It’s incredible to see how the subject became fashionable in a few months (anyway in France) and how many experts suddenly emerged on the subjec. As  Vincent Berthelot [fr] I was rather taken aback about what it was all about but, at the end, I came to a quick conclusion:
- if everyone is transparent and [...]

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Recruitment process socialization

August 13th, 2009 · View Comments · HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, Social Networking, recruitment, social computing

New concrete example of socialization : the recruitment process. Here again, we’ll see that it’s possible to do things without Copernican Revolution or harming anyone.
The situation
Enterprises have to hire people. Even if the market is sometimes hard for applicants, no company can work without people. The need is clear : hiring people who fit both [...]

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Personal Branding won’t go without Corporate Branding

May 4th, 2009 · View Comments · Communication, HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, Social Networking, recruitment, society

Personal Branding is a very fashionable topic today. More than that, it’s a deep trend that is overdiscussed because of its yougness. A day will come that it will be so obvious that no-one will feel like arguing anymore. The purpose is to manage one’s reputation and professional brand in order to :
- those who [...]

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Is digital identity only for experienced people ?

April 23rd, 2009 · View Comments · Human resources, Social Networking, recruitment, social computing

A few weeks ago I attended an event called YouOnTheWeb which purpose was to make people aware of digital identity, e-reputation and personal branding. A competiton was organized to reward students who are managing well their personal brand what means, on an employer’s side, that their abiliy to be relevant on a specific topic can [...]

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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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New jobs description for Enterprise 2.0 ? Try the Enterprise 2.0 job profiler

December 3rd, 2008 · View Comments · Human resources, Organization & Management, enterprise 2.0, recruitment, social computing, strategy

Every day I notice that many companies, conscious that their move toward Enterprise 2.0 -like dynamics is a major issue, are beginning to hire people for new kinds of jobs. It’s both about aligning people-centric activities with corporate purposes, identify new opportunities, energize cross-organiszaiton dynamics, favor new practices and new tools adoption, re-align tools on [...]

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Danone explorers : In Real Life recruitment 2.0 for Y Gens

November 30th, 2008 · View Comments · Communication, HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, Social Networking, recruitment

A few weeks ago I was invited by Danone to attend their Danone Explorers event, a moment when the company and students who are looking for an internship can meet.
I already wrote many things about Danone on my French blog but nothing here. I think there are a few things you have to know before [...]

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Organization’s networking potential will drive talents

May 29th, 2008 · View Comments · Ideas & innovation management, Social Networking, knowledge-economy, recruitment

I’ve just read with a real interest this post, about the power of people networks. Top make it short it says that people will be increasingly attracted by regions who offer a strong potential of networking and interactions because it allows them to exploit more their talents and maximise its economic reward.
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