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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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This is the world we live in

September 6th, 2009 · View Comments · Social Networking, social computing, society

This is the nth update of a famous series I’ve already blogged the previous pieces before. No need to add anything. (Found thanks to Luis Suarez).

I’m still curious to know how “common people” react to this video.
One last thing. Luis draws the word “socialnomics” out the video. This words seems very relevant to describe the [...]

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Web 2.0 turned the digital divide into a social divide

June 21st, 2009 · View Comments · Social Networking, social computing, society

Digital divide used to be and still is a real concern in our industrialized countries. Maybe we should end talking about industrialized countries to say “computerized countries” what seems to be more relevant with today’s world. Maybe some would say that it’s because we neglected this shift that we were stuck with old industrial models [...]

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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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Special Enterprise 2.0 event in Paris on Nov. 13. Join us !

October 17th, 2008 · View Comments · IT, Intranets & collaborative tools, Organization & Management, Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, social computing, strategy

You all know my creeds : tools must be made to improve the way people work, companies must improve their agility by working as networks (and even more in these difficult times…) etc. ect. and this vision seems to be shared by many people who often ask me how to put it into action.
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We cannot not change the enterprise

June 21st, 2008 · View Comments · Organization & Management

Whether we like it or not, companies have always been strongly impacted, with a certain delay, by evolutions of society.
Enteprises are not living independantly from the rest of the world and understanding the changes that happen outside their walls may help them to have better interactions with their ecosystem, build their future, and wonder what [...]

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With Human-Network Cisco steps into societal innovation

May 18th, 2008 · View Comments · Collaborative practices, Communities, Ideas & innovation management, social computing

When we talk about enterprise 2.0 it’s often about organization or marketing. But it can also be about activities that are not directly business related but ma be important considering the societal role enterpises now have to play in a protean ecosystem.
That’s the purpose in which Cisco launched Human-Network in France. I know there’s [...]

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