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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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A socialnomics Manifesto

October 12th, 2009 · View Comments · Communication, Ideas & innovation management, Organization & Management, Social Networking, social computing

I rencently mentioned the word “socialnomics“. Whatt’s the interest ? In an interconnected world (not only by the net…a world were everything can impact everything, it’s essential to understand the context to define the systems (enterprise, project, organization, management) we have to implement. So let’s try to summarize things.
- the world is full of stakeholders. [...]

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Is Netflix the right example of enterprise 2.0 ?

September 8th, 2009 · View Comments · HR & Management 2.0, Organization & Management, enterprise 2.0

Netflix recently issued a 128 slides document explaining their culture, their organizational model, their management and the way they work. It attracted a lot of attention and  advise you to read it before carrying on.

Culture

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According to many people, Netflix issued the reference enterprise 2.0 manifesto, or rather the management 2.0 manifesto.  [...]

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Enterprise 2.0 : the truth is in the middle

September 1st, 2009 · View Comments · Organization & Management, enterprise 2.0, social computing

As you may have notices in my latest posts (and it will continue in the future ones), questions related to enterprise 2.0 (the name does not matter, it’s one more evolution process as there were already many in the past, and a new name for many olds things), it’s not a matter of break but [...]

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Lessons from a crisis and the behavioral economics

August 26th, 2009 · View Comments · HR & Management 2.0, Organization & Management, economy, enterprise 2.0

A year ago, the world entered a crisis that didn’t let it unhurt. A crisis I won’t call economic or or financial since I think the disease was deeper. Anyway, many people understand that, this time, we’ll have to be more creative than in a past and not rebuild things as they were. But [...]

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Will you have to throw your marketing outside of the window ?

August 17th, 2009 · View Comments · Communication, Ideas & innovation management, Social Networking, social computing

McKinsey recently issued a report entitled Managing beyond web 2.0 which is about constraints businesses are meeting in a connected world. Those who relied on the title to pounce on it may have been very disappointed since it’s more about the realtionships between businesses and their ecosystems than about internal management issues. But that’s not [...]

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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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Socializing your decision making process

August 4th, 2009 · View Comments · Collaborative practices, HR & Management 2.0, enterprise 2.0

A good example of process socialization is about decision making. A few weeks ago I read this interesting paper from Olivier Sibony (Associate Director at McKinsey). Since the article is in French I hope Google Translator will provide you with a good english translation.
What is it about ?
Making the right decisions is key to be [...]

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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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The twilight of enterprise 2.0 and the emergence of process socialization

July 7th, 2009 · View Comments · Organization & Management, Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, social computing, strategy

The last Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston sounded the knell of many illusions. It won’t be a surprise for anyone, we’ve been talking about that for months and feeling it was coming. First, the beginning of a move of enterprise 2.0 toward the real enterprise, then a try to integrate the social phenomenon in the [...]

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Is internet dangerous for kids or does parents misunderstand what happens

January 26th, 2009 · View Comments · Social Networking, social computing, society

This blog post by Jon Husband and the  article from the Guardian it menstions takes me to wonder about the presumed impact of the net and its use on kids.
People worry about the time teenagers spend online. So what ? I think that all generations, theirs,mine and our parent’s had their favorite leisures. For some [...]

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