Comments on: Is Enterprise 2.0 a Crock?

By: Nenshad Bardoliwalla

Nenshad Bardoliwalla — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:06:29 +0000

Hi Doug,

I made a very serious attempt to bridge the perspectives in my blog post entitled “Is Enterprise 2.0 a Savior or a Charlatan? How Strategy-Driven Execution can pave the path to proving legitimate business performance” located here: http://bit.ly/3n325o

I would certainly welcome your feedback and look forward to a continued dialogue around the topic.

Best Regards,

Nenshad

By: Brian Gryth

Brian Gryth — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:49:55 +0000

Glad to hear it was a typo and I agree with your follow-up. Thanks, Brian

By: Doug Cornelius

Doug Cornelius — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:59:38 +0000

Typo on my part, resulting in the wrong statement. (Fixed above)

Companies hired their employees because they expect them to be responsible. If they are irresponsible, then you fire them. So trust them and give them the latitude to use tools in a way that helps them.

Of course, employees need to know that they are responsible and will be held accountable for doing something stupid, just as they should be rewarded for doing smart things.

By: Brian Gryth

Brian Gryth — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:40:55 +0000

Doug,

Thanks for the information. You state that the panelist said that, “Companies need to start not trusting their employees.” That seems contradictory to many of the tenant of E 2.0 and Web 2.0.

Of course, if the idea is you can’t trust your employees unless you educate them and create use policies and guidelines I agree. But to wholesale not trust your employees is going to lead to bad things happening.

I would say the idea needs to be to educate and trust your employees. Of course, you need to be prepared for bad things to happen. But if ROI is a critical aim, then the enterprise is going to have to trust their employees.

Thanks, Brian