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How the essence of enterprise social networks has been distorted

They were presented as the next big revolution in collaborative work. Enterprise social networks were supposed to connect knowledge, bring teams closer together, and free the flow of ideas. They promised to break down silos, flatten hierarchies, and give everyone a voice in the collective conversation. However, just a few years after their arrival, the mountain gave birth to a mouse. These platforms, supposed to be at the heart of a new way of working, have become just another internal communication channel, and the tool that was supposed to change the way we...

How the essence of enterprise social networks has been distorted

They were presented as the next big revolution in collaborative work. Enterprise social networks were supposed to connect knowledge, bring teams closer together, and free the...

Employees don’t have time to waste narrating their work

Summary : it's impossible to think about emergent collaboration and self-organized structures without visibility on others' work. That's the reason why employees are more...

The system matters more than people

Summary :"with, by and for people"...such seems to be the creed of the "social" transformation. And results still look uncertain. Sometimes non-existant, sometimes great...

Tools connect people. But with what ?

summary :tomorrow's enterprise will be connected. And employees too. If they don't they'll become obsolete and useless : success, performance and competitiveness relies on...

Setting up a pilot is not only a matter of sizing

Andrew McAfee recently raised the question Michael Idinopulos discussed some months ago :  is the concept of "pilot" relevant to enterprise 2.0 and should...

Are in-the-flow activities a cure against cultural barriers ?

The importance of culture on the success of enterprise 2.0 projects is now acknoledged by everybody. The issue was widely discussed at the last...