Is ENTERPRISE 2.0 BAD FOR CORPORATIONS? Just thinking about implementing Enterprise 2.0 solutions could damage your health or worse your career. New research by leading authoritative sources reveals a small but deadly link between thoughts of Enterprise 2.0 and diagnosis of inoperable brain cancer. People that have welcomed the news report that their suppression of Enterprise 2.0 related news has kept them ...
Image by phauly via Flickr A few years ago I was involved in developing an exciting new product that promised to change the internet. Let’s just say it would have added an extra dimension to an otherwise 2D experience. We struggled with the use cases, struggled with the design and fought over the initial release specifications. Most of all we agonized over how to engineer the product. I kept thinking ...
Image by Jeff Kubina via Flickr SaaS providers like to brag that they are eliminating the need for IT because they provide technology without the IT headache. Like most SaaS providers, they don’t boast about having an integrated solution. They are more interested in creating a pleasant experience, being easy to use or solving a specific business need. Updates are a snap, one click help desk chat, and no need to deal with Jim the ...
Thinking about how people work in today’s enterprise reminds me of the movie Being John Malkovich. You know what I’m talking about – it’s like the low-ceiling offices on floor 7½ of the Mertin Flemmer building in New York City. The ceiling is all of 4 1/2 feet high, and they have to emergency-stop the elevator to get to the floor. It was used by companies that wanted to cut corners; “low overhead, my boy - we pass ...
There are so many things floating around about Enterprise 2.0 lately that touch on the 50,000 ft view, but not many that dive into the details. Before we see mass adoption in the Enterprise like we have seen with social media outside the Enterprise, some key psychological characteristics need to be properly converted. I recall the early days of social networking while I was an advisor and investor to ZeroDegrees (acquired by IAC) and my ...
It's very difficult to keep up with news media, blogs and your Twitter followers. Too many posts, too little time, too much noise. Some Enterprise 2.0 blogs matter to me more than others. Some are merely fun, some educational, and some provincial. Others are just visionary and thought provoking . So here is the list (not in any particular order). Feel free to tell them I sent you. Future Changes – Always thought ...
Found this recently posted video on SharePoint in Plain English: It’s worth a look. We are also in the process of building a common craft style video and I’ll post it here soon. The benefits of these types of videos are that they clear away the hype and showcase the technology in laymen’s terms. No need to think too hard. ...
I was driving out of La Costa Resort today when I noticed this Limo parked right outside of the resort. The resort is one of the most famous in Southern California and receives a constant stream of visitors to and from the San Diego Airport. I thought it to be a brilliant marketing tactic if used infrequently (no one wants the car parked there permanently). That got me thinking about online advertising and how this could translate ...
Intranet 2.0 is a new term coined recently to describe the Intranet as an Enterprise 2.0 tool. On the one hand we still have a lot of first generation intranets that are not much more than electronic billboards. Many of them are run by one guy in IT, which means you need approval just to update a punctuation mark. As a result, the intranet is rarely used except for an occasional look at the expense report policy. I developed the ...
Image by niallkennedy via Flickr Yesterday I participated in a Google Wave Committee. It was clear immediately that we all came in to the meeting with different priorities and objectives. It happens all the time in the corporate world. Sales believes Marketing should do more and Sales and Marketing both think development is building the wrong product. In our case, we were a group of eight that each had ...
