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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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Beyond social CRM : social stakeholders management

August 31st, 2009 · View Comments · Organization & Management, strategy

Last week I wrote what social CRM meant to me. It’s the inevitable step toward the implementation of a customer relationship management of a new nature. Clients are not only marketing objectfs or elements of a sales pipe anymore but people with whom businesses built things on a long term perspective, beyond the sacred purchase [...]

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Enterprise 2.0 between “next big things” and old tricks

August 18th, 2009 · View Comments · Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, social computing

You must have noticed how this summer was quiet in the enterprise 2.0 world. Of course, many people were on vacation (above all in France…), but there was a strange feeling. Something like emptiness, a kind of “end of something”. The end of a headlong flight.
The enterprise 2.0 has been knocking on companies’ doors for [...]

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Participate in the 4th Global Intranet Strategies Survey

July 31st, 2009 · View Comments · Intranets & collaborative tools

As every year, Jane McConnell is working on her yearly survey about intranet Strategies. A survey that is eagerly-expected because of the high quality of her works.
You can still participate until August 31st.
The 4th annual Global Intranet Strategies Survey opened at the end of June and will stay open until August 31. All participants receive [...]

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An enterprise 2.0 strategy is something that can’t exist (because it’s already one)

June 23rd, 2009 · View Comments · Organization & Management, enterprise 2.0

This is one misunderstanding that comes very often. Someone asks “what strategy is needed to become an enterprise 2.0 ? ” and you feel like answering “but it’s obvious…you just described it !”. Strange, isn’t it ?
Let’s start from the beginning. There is one undisputed principle : any enterprise is here to produce, its employees [...]

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HR 2.0 as an ongoing process

May 28th, 2009 · View Comments · HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, recruitment, social computing

This post is the continuation of the one I wrote on the central role HR have to be given in the change process businesses need to undertake to grow in the current economy.
Most often, identifying a need implies that a project has to be undertaken. A project is made of a number of known and [...]

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Why HR are really central to Enterprise 2.0

May 26th, 2009 · View Comments · Human resources, enterprise 2.0, social computing

Relationships between human resources and enterprise 2.0, or rather the use of social software”, are very complicated. Whatever the way you consider the issue, you always have to deal with HR.
There are two reasons to that :
The first is that many people came to take an interest in enterprise 2.0 because their primary issue was [...]

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From the 5 eras of social web to transforming organizations

May 25th, 2009 · View Comments · Organization & Management, social computing

I had the chance to meet up with Jeremiah Owyang during his last coming in Paris. He presented us his report on the the future of social web. An interesting discussion followed, then we came to have a drink and carried on.
One thing I used to sense and which was confirmed is the specificity of [...]

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Boards in the mist

February 11th, 2009 · View Comments · economy, strategy

Boards have to be mobilized in order to make the right decisions to survive the crisis. Nothing new. But according to this essay from McKinsey, it’s far from being that simple.
Three reasons are put forward
• Boards follow unchanging procedures and ritualss. Defines shedules on a yearly basis, documents  and agendas fixed many weekds ago.
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Enterprises far beyond enterprise 2.0

January 20th, 2009 · View Comments · Collaborative practices, Human resources, Intranets & collaborative tools, Organization & Management, Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, strategy

A few weeks ago I amused myself proposing a few tracks on what enterprise 2.0 may be in 2009. But I think pushing the reflection beyond would be worth : enterprise 2.0 is only a side of a much complex reality that is enterprise and will be of any use only in a global framework. [...]

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