Enterprise 2.0
Enterprise 2.0, Policies and Compliance
Mike Gotta asked me to join him on a panel about the policy and compliance issues at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston. This was my fifth Enterprise 2.0 conference: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2009 San Francisco. That the audience was interested in compliance and regulatory issues is an indication of the industry maturing. “Policy formation,… » Read More
Snake Oil 2.0
From Hugh MacLeod of Gaping Void: “Anyone who has spent a lot of time studying blogs and Web 2.0, will be fully aware of all the blethering hyperbole that comes with it. Every business model that ever came before is DEAD, to be replaced forever by community! YAY! Well, some dinosaur business models may be… » Read More
Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston
Next month, I’m attending the Enterprise 2.0 Conference happening June 14-17 at the Westin Boston Waterfront. This will be fifth Enterprise 2.0 conference: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2009 San Francisco. I’ll be talking about social media policies with these folks: Mike Gotta, Principal Analyst, Burton Group Bruce Galinsky, IT Director, Global Insurance Company Abha Kumar, Principal,… » Read More
Enterprise 2.0 Conference: Session Proposals
The Enterprise 2.0 Conference is coming back to Boston on June 14-17. They are letting attendees vote on the sessions. This is a great way for the conference organizers to take advantage of 2.0 tools in organizing the conference. I am part of two panels, if they get approved. If either of them interest you,… » Read More
Perception, Dilbert and a Magical Management Necklace
Are your assumptions correct? You get a new tool to help manage your processes and everything starts working better. Is everything actually working better? Or is the data just being manipulated to look better? As is often the case, the pointy-haired boss can show us the problem. Often the compliance officer is like the pointy-haired… » Read More
Enterprise 2.0 – The Book
At the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, Andrew McAfee handed out a few copies of this new book: Enterprise 2.0. I was one of the recipients of a shiny new copy with his autograph on the cover page. If you have heard of Enterprise 2.0, they you have heard of McAfee. He coined the… » Read More
Criticism and Praise
Do criticism and praise work to affect performance? Leonard Mlodinow briefly addressed this topic in The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives. He explores the studies of Daniel Kahneman who was lecturing the Israeli air force flight instructors on behavior modification. Kahneman was trying to make the point that rewarding positive behavior works, but… » Read More
PBWorks and Real Time Collaboration
PBWorks has announced a “Real-time Collaboration Update” which brings integrated Instant Messaging collaboration, Live Notifications (activity streams), Live Editing (rather than standard wiki asynchronous editing) and integrated Voice Collaboration with on-demand voice conferencing. This is a big step up. Instead of being a mere wiki, the platform now offers different ways to collaborate, but still… » Read More
The One Year Club: Five Things Companies Learn After a Year of Enterprise 2.0 Adoption
I’m attending the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. I’m sharing my notes from this session. At the outset, organizations are often eager and excited about the benefits they anticipate from cultivating adoption and use of social and collaborative tools. But talk to those same organizations six months or one year after they’ve started, and… » Read More
Straight from the Horses’ Mouths
I’m attending the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. I’m sharing my notes from this session. The 2.0 Adoption Council presents the market’s first in-depth research on a representative sample of early adopters in large organizations. This session will cut to the chase on issues that have plagued pundits and vendors alike. Carl Frappaolo, Co-founder… » Read More

