What does the Crowd think of Enterprise 2.0 and Social Media?
You may have noticed Google’s new search suggestion feature that purportedly makes search recommendations based on what people are searching. I decided to capture a few of the more interesting ones related to our space. There you have it. Now you see what the crowd is thinking. Are you surprised by the results? [...]
Just How Transparent Can (Should) Your Website Be?
I’ve just finished reading Jevon’s post on the Dachis Group’s new website (Jevon is a fellow Enterprise Irregular and Social Media Maven) – here’s the interesting part: The new site has the beginnings of some new ideas for how our company will grow as a Social Business. If you go to the front page of [...]
When “as a Service” Makes Nouns Into Verbs
Image by The Value Web Photo Gallery via Flickr There has been a lot of discussion (both here and elsewhere) lately about the chasm/connection/convergence/divergence of “social media” and “enterprise 2.0.” Let’s set aside for a moment that both terms are atrocious, and focus in on something that is relevant and caught my eye this morning. [...]
First Principles
This morning brought thoughts of Defrag’s impetus, and what got us from there to here. Defrag was spawned from two of Brad’s blog posts – on a “major software innovation wave” and “intelligence amplification.” When I added those two posts together something inside of me said – “yep, that’s a conference” – and Brad and [...]
The Top 11 Google Wave Robots for the Enterprise
Most of us are anticipating the release of Google Wave Beta to the 100,000 or so non-developers today. I’ve highlighted my concerns on Google Wave in the enterprise, yet I am still very interested in the extensions being built on top of the Wave platform that have potential enterprise utilization. Of the 66 Robots that [...]
The 10 Best, Must Watch Enterprise 2.0 Videos/Presentations of the Month
Enterprise 2.0 is creating a blizzard of opportunities for internal corporate E2.0 champions, but many are facing huge roadblocks in executive support and financial approval. The best way to get support and approval (besides a clear and certain ROI) is to point to the success of others. Witness Adidas, for they have changed the corporate [...]
It’s All About the People, Right?
Recent un-related news events caused me to start pondering one of my favorite topics: human nature. Or more specifically, the assumptions we make about human nature. Human nature is, of course, a subject of debate. From original sin to the blank slate to the noble savage to more modern notions, there’s certainly no dearth of [...]
Why Getting Social Is Necessary (But Not Sufficient) For Business
image courtesy of HubSpot There’s a lot of social in the air these days. I was chatting with Jeremiah Owyang of the Altimeter Group, and he said that there was even talk of scrapping the term “Enterprise 2.0″ in favor of “Social Business”. While I do believe that social is necessary, it’s definitely not sufficient, [...]
SAP and The 2.0 Adoption Council
As part of my role helping evangelize the use of social media within SAP , I am a proud member of the 2.0 Adoption Council, a group devoted to creating and sharing best practices in Enterprise 2.0 adoption (see the “Web 2.0 in SAP” section of this site for more information about internal Web 2.0 [...]
The Secret of Enterprise 2.0 Implementation Success
Low Expectations. And no I am not crazy. I have met very few companies who have a well thought out plan for implementing new systems. I emphasize systems because they include people, process and technology. Most companies have a team of people responsible for implementing new technology. They may design a plan for how the [...]
The Blending of Marketing and IT
There are a couple of posts out today about Jive and Radian6 partnering around a solution that begins to bridge the chasm of social media and enterprise 2.0 that I’ve written about here in the past. I’m glad to see companies like Jive (who should be a defrag sponsor, but isn’t – yet – AHEM!), [...]
Integrating SAP and Google Wave, And The Context-Based Future of Business User Applications
Now that the Google Wave “sandbox” environment is widely available (see Starting with Google Wave if you need more background information), we’re starting to see some great examples of integrations between Google Wave and SAP systems. DJ Adams’ great post on SDN shows how he built a robot to intercept SAP-specific references in a Google [...]
Noted: Innovation Management Races Past Enterprise 2.0
I belong to two groups on FriendFeed, Enterprise 2.0 and Innovation Management. These groups track tweets and Delicious bookmarks related to their respective topics. The Enterprise 2.0 Group was set up in June 2008, meaning it’s about 15 months old. The Innovation Management Group was set up July 24, 2009, meaning it’s about 1 1/2 [...]
How to Stop Not Invented Here Syndrome in the Enterprise
I’ve witnessed a number of not invented here (NIH) situations but none stands out more than one I participated in while working at A.T. Kearney. It was the early 2000’s and we were introducing reverse auction internet technology into the F500. There was tremendous resistance to our solution because it severed the cozy relationship between [...]
Enterprise 2.0: the Week in Review
It’s been a wild week and I thought I’d cover some of the highlights of the ongoing Enterprise 2.0 debate. The Anti-Enterprise 2.0 crowd: Dennis Howlett kicked off the larger debate 2 weeks ago by writing his infamous Enterprise 2.0: what a crock post. I don’t believe he really is an Anti-Enterprise 2.0’er but appears [...]
