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Open Source Metrics: Let Us Get Realistic

Open Source Metrics: Let Us Get Realistic

By Krishnan Subramanian on January 8, 2013

Recently a blogger wrote an article comparing the mailing list interaction in the communities around major open source infrastructure projects. It is a personal project by a blogger using various data sources available in the internet. But the post kickstarted discussion among the punditry talking about whether OpenStack or CloudStack is the top ranking infrastructure […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged cloudstack, engagement, eucalyptus, insights, metrics, open source, opensource, openstack, popularity | 6 Responses

What Makes an Engaged Employee?

What Makes an Engaged Employee?

By Jacob Morgan on December 6, 2011

As I’ve stated before organizations today are focusing too much on “busy metrics” as their way to define engagement.  Blog comments, ideas, number of groups, and amount of content shared are all variables that organizations are looking at trying to justify and explain engagement.  Again, the problem with this is that it focuses on the […]

Posted in Enterprise | Tagged collaboration, collaborative organizations, employment, engaged employees, engagement, gallup, Human resources, thoughtfarmer

How Do You Define Engagement?

How Do You Define Engagement?

By Jacob Morgan on August 19, 2010

I’m at the Alterian “Engaging Times” conference in Chicago which is full of interesting conversations and people.  One of the things that struck me at the conference is that nobody defined or explained what “engagement” means.  If someone “likes” your facebook page is that engagement?  What if they leave a comment on your blog?  What […]

Posted in General | Tagged brands engaging, define engagement, engagement, engaging brands, engaging on social media, Social CRM, social media engagement, understanding engagement, what is engagement

Is Collaborating, Listening, or Engaging Always a Good Thing?

Is Collaborating, Listening, or Engaging Always a Good Thing?

By Jacob Morgan on February 1, 2010

Before reading on ask yourself this questions, is collaborating, engaging, or listening always a good thing? Collaboration can take many forms either within a company or between a company and it’s customers and prospects.  However, as Morten Hansen says in his book Collaboration, there is no point in collaborating just for collaboration’s sake.  The whole […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged collaboration, e20, engagement, enterprise 2.0, listening, Social Business, social media

15,000 Thoughts per Day - Why We Need Constraints for Innovation

15,000 Thoughts per Day – Why We Need Constraints for Innovation

By Hutch Carpenter on September 11, 2009

Recently, Innosight’s Scott Anthony wrote the following on the Harvard Business Blog: People think that constraints are innovation inhibitors. They aren’t. Unconstrained efforts are often undisciplined efforts that lead to immaterial results. The right constraints in the right places can be innovation accelerators. Constraints can focus creativity where it is most needed. Constraints can help […]

Posted in Strategy | Tagged attention signals, constraints, engagement, focus, innovation, innovation management

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