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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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Why haven’t I use this app earlier ?

November 27th, 2009 · View Comments · IT, Social Networking, social computing

A few weeks ago I was in a meeting, taking notes. A glance at a colleague’s screen aroused my curiosity and I asked her : “what’s the application you’re using ?”. Then she showed me this wonderful app she just discovered weeks ago. As for me, I only had to blame myself : it’s not [...]

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Are you “on demand” or “when we can” ? Enterprise 2.0 and the customer perspective

November 19th, 2009 · View Comments · Recommended Bookmarks

What does social software bring ? Nothing by itself (contrary to many others, a social app doesn’t process or treat anything but allow people to do things…) but since it makes some things more easy to do it should, in principle, help to improve performance and productivity for many kind of tasks provided people understand [...]

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10 questions to answer to succeed in an Enterprise 2.0 project

November 10th, 2009 · View Comments · Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, social computing

It’s a common place to say that if you want to succeed there are things that have to be done. But, by focusing only on actions and forget thinking, the risk of doing hudge mistakes is obvious, that’s why so many opportunities are wasted. To succeed, you also need to have answers. Answers that allow [...]

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You want your employees to be more “social” ? Rely on their selfishness

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

Among all the projects that have a “2.0 label”, it’s possible to make a distinction between those that are mainly about social networkings and those that aim at bringing traditional office applications on the cloud. Each kind addresses specific needs and has its own barriers.  In one case it’s about changing the way people work, [...]

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Enterprise 2.0 : adoption through social routine

October 27th, 2009 · View Comments · Organization & Management, Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, social computing

Nearly everydody now admits that the only way to make a social software project succeed (and make people adopt the new tools) and be a source of value is to link it to the core of employee’s day to day job and life. What implies some attention as to be paid to a few trivial [...]

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Socialize your business ? What does it mean ?

July 21st, 2009 · View Comments · Organization & Management, Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, social computing

So this is the continuation of the reflection I started here. The purpose is not to discuss any management related thing but to position enterprise 2.0 regarding to the real enterprise.
Why ? Because lots of feedbacks converge on this point. The question about Enterprise 2.0 is not anymore about knowing what are the benefits, if [...]

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