Humans are Taking Jobs Away From Robots, Not Vice Versa
First let me set the stage. I’m a big fan of Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson who are the authors of Race Against the Machine, a book which explore how technological innovation is impacting our jobs, skills, and wages- more specifically how technology is taking our jobs. Andrew McAfee was featured in my book, The […]
5 Reasons Why CapGemini Just Re-Positioned their Management Consulting Practice to Focus on Social Business
Don’t believe the world’s businesses are going social? Take this recent declaration from CapGemini’s Managing Director, Global Head of Practices, Didier Bonnet when discussing Social Business with me: “We’ve actually repositioned the entire practice around digital transformation. So for us it’s not just changing one service offering; it’s our entire focus globally for our teams […]
Thoughts from the Enterprise 2.0 Conference- June 2011
I just came back from the E2.0 conference in Boston which as usual was a fantastic gathering of really great and smart people. I arrived late Monday evening and had meetings pretty much all day on Tuesday. I had the opportunity to attend a few sessions on Wednesday and made sure to get plenty of […]
Implementing Enterprise 2.0 at Penn State University Part Four: Pilot Project or All In?
This is part four in a multi-part series on how Pennsylvania State University is implementing Enterprise 2.0. Part one covered the business drivers of Enterprise 2.0 for Penn State University, part two looked at change management issues around culture for Penn State University as well as where the push for E2.0 came from, part three explored technology adoption at […]
Should We Drop the Enterprise 2.0 Pilot as Andrew McAfee Suggests?
This post is perhaps a few days late but it’s something that I have been thinking about ever since Andrew McAfee wrote that organizations needs to “Drop the Pilot” for their Enterprise 2.0 initiatives. Now before you take sides here let’s think this through and see what makes sense. According to McAfee: “I believe these […]
The 2010 Enterprise 2.0 All-Star Blogger Roster
Now that the holiday hangover has worn off and the bills are coming due, I want to turn your attention to the individuals that are most influencing the Enterprise 2.0 space. Those of you that are early adopters or just starting to research Enterprise 2.0 can short cut the search for quality information by following […]
What E2.0 Champions are Doing Right… and Wrong
Andrew McAfee, from the Center for Digital Business, MIT Sloan School of Management, believes we’ve reached a tipping point in terms of the acceptance of the tools and techniques of enterprise 2.0. McAfee sees some positive signs and some danger areas – “We have the opportunity to snatch defeat out of the jaws of success”. […]
Boston Here I Come
In an attempt to single-handedly support the global aviation industry, I’m once again heading on a plane to travel 30 hours or so across the world to attend a conference. This time I’m stoked to be attending Enterprise 2.0 in Boston in the third week of June. I’m a blog/media partner for the event which […]
