Enterprise 2.0
#OccupyEnterprise and Start your own Revolution
This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no fooling around / No time for dancing, or lovey dovey, I ain’t got time for that now… Life in Wartime – Talking Heads The world changed in 2011. Did you feel it? No doubt you saw it changing on TV, on Twitter, on YouTube, [...]
A Social Baptism for the Enterprise. Hallelujah and Amen.
About this time last month, I was undergoing a crisis of faith. Faith in what brought me to this space: the promise of what the next generation web could be and could do to change business as we know it, as well as society at large. My faith was shaken by a few ripples [...]
News Flash: Social in the Enterprise is not for Amateurs
In the early days of experimentation with 2.0 in the Enterprise, anyone could really fire up a wiki or blog, port some RSS feeds, and call an impromptu meeting in the cafeteria to recruit a renegade team to collaborate and share. A lot of the enthusiasm and passion that surrounded these tools stemmed from these [...]
Social Business on the Ground
When we set out to investigate case studies, we were looking for “slam dunk” examples where 2.0 initiatives were inextricably tied to business results. In effect, we wanted to begin to dispel the criticisms that e20 was just the next silly, narcissistic exploit to enter the enterprise on the heels of yet another consumer fad: [...]
Adoption is Dead. Long live Adoption!
Rumors surrounding the death of adoption have been greatly exaggerated. The 2.0 Enterprisey crowd is gearing up to head to Boston for our annual pilgrimage. This will be my fourth conference as a participant and board member. Having watched and often interpreted the trends in this sector, I find it interesting to report that things have not [...]
2.0 Reality Rehab: SAPPHIRE
I posted recently on my Facebook page that I was actually looking forward to attending SAPPHIRE this year. One of my Council members questioned the wisdom of that desire. SAPPHIRE is SAP’s annual bash where SAP customers come out in droves to hear what the enterprise software company is planning for the next 12 months. As a [...]
