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Time has become a key dimension of content dynamics (paradigm shift #5)

by Laurent Kinet on 03/10/2010 07:41 0 comments , 139 views
Categories: General business, Workflow & business process, Methodologies & best practice, Government & public sector, Microblogging & messaging, Collaboration, Adoption
Tags: 5 paradigm shifts, institutional communication, europa.eu, real-time web

In a recent past post, we explained that we had identified 5 paradigm shifts occuring in the Web today, through the prism of institutional communication. This was the outcome of a strategic consulting mission we run for the European Commission about the future and stakes of the Europa.eu portal.

The 5 paradigms are:

  1. The landscape of visibility has evolved
  2. Individuals act as human neurons
  3. Enabling plasticity enhances the information ecosystem
  4. Communication takes more than a web page
  5. Time has become a key dimension of content dynamics

Today we’ll discuss about the first paradigm: Time has become a key dimension of content dynamics.

Of course, the notion of a dynamic website dates back to the early days when ...

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My New Favorite New Old Blog…

by Zoli Erdos on 03/10/2010 05:03 0 comments , 33 views
Categories: General business, Document & content management, Wikis, Blogs & blogging, Collaboration, Software tools & platforms, Management
Tags: sun microsystems, jonathan schwartz
Jonathan Schwartz, President and CEO of Sun Mi...

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My new favorite old blog is former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz, blog.   It’s at the old URL, but has a new title:

What I Couldn't Say…   The “About” section says:

I think I’ve said pretty much everything I could say as CEO of Sun Microsystems. The more interesting stuff was what I couldn’t say.

And that’s what this blog (and maybe a book) is going to be about.

Mostly.

For a taste of his newly found freedom, read Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal.  ...

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Choosing focus

by Mark Gould on 03/10/2010 03:39 0 comments , 35 views
Categories: Collaboration, Creativity & innovation, Adoption
Tags: personal knowledge management, variables, approach

I am part-way through a long post on personal knowledge management, which may see the light of day sometime this century. In doing so, I have been reflecting on something that I mention a lot in these posts: focus. I have been guilty of using the word in a very loose “I know it when I see it” fashion, but I am beginning to realise that a bit more explanation is in order.

Monochrome grass

I have an interest in photography, where focus is clearly a part of taking good pictures. However, there is more to it than that. Cameras come with a number of settings that affect the image — what is actually in focus. All of these settings require the photographer to make choices, which are similar to the choices we make when we talk about focus in a more general ...

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Implementing Enterprise 2.0 at Vistaprint Part Four: The Future and Lessons Learned

by Jacob Morgan on 03/10/2010 02:39 0 comments , 60 views
Categories: Methodologies & best practice, Standards, Blogs & blogging, Collaboration, Software tools & platforms, Conferences, events & networking, Adoption
Tags: e2.0, wiki, vistaprint

This is the forth and final part in the Vistaprint Enterprise 2.0 series.  Today, we’re going to wrap things up by discussing the future of Enterprise 2.0 at Vistaprint as well as some of the lessons that Vistaprint has learned thus far.  Just to re-cap they implemented two key Enterprise 2.0 initiatives, the Brainstorm (ideation) platform by Intuit and Media Wiki; both used to power internal collaboration and knowledge sharing.

The future of Enterprise 2.0 over at Vistaprint looks to be quite interesting.  Daniel and Jay (the folks responsible for much of what Vistaprint has been doing) both admitted that they are far from done with their E2.0 efforts.  Continuous adaptation and adoption is going to be crucial for ...

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Google Launches Apps Marketplace

by Zoli Erdos on 03/09/2010 22:59 0 comments , 193 views
Categories: General business, Document & content management, Wikis, Blogs & blogging, Collaboration, Software tools & platforms, Management
Tags: google, apps, zoho

I’m at the Google Campfire One event where they’ve just announced the Google Apps Marketplace.  The site is live now, feel free to browse.  The speculation is now over, this is Google’s answer on whether they will enter the Business Applications market – they just did, with an entire ecosystem of Partners.

The new Marketplace fills an obvious need: Google Apps has 25 million users at over 2 million businesses who clearly need more than just the communication / collaboration / Office type applications Google can offer today.  Here’s a chart of some of the initial Marketplace participants:

Launch cos

As you can see, the list represents a wide range of partners – some are very obvious fit, others bring questions re. future ...

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Six ways CRM projects go wrong

by Michael Krigsman on 03/09/2010 22:38 0 comments , 153 views
Categories: Workflow & business process, Methodologies & best practice, Culture, Collaboration, Management, Leadership, Adoption
Tags: software, customer relationship management (crm), crm, enterprise software, michael krigsman, project failure, project

CRM projects have earned a notorious reputation for being difficult and expensive. Despite endless statistics and discussion of the topic, many of these projects come in late or over-budget.

For this reason, I was delighted when Laurence Buchanan sent me an unsolicited article he wrote that dives under the surface to explain why CRM projects fail.

Laurence heads up CRM in the UK for Capgemini (cross industry and vendor agnostic) and has been in that role for the last 12 months. Previously, he spent 10 years at SAP and was VP CRM. As you can see from his background, Laurence certainly has the chops to teach us something new about CRM projects and why they don’t always go as ...

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IT failure: A shameful story

by Michael Krigsman on 03/09/2010 19:37 0 comments , 161 views
Categories: Workflow & business process, Methodologies & best practice, Culture, Collaboration, Management, Leadership, Adoption
Tags: erp, management, strategy, software, information technology, enterprise software, michael krigsman, project, enterprise resource planning (erp)

Vinnie Mirchandani wrote a blog post that reminded me why studying IT failures is important. Please read this story carefully:

[O]ne of the darkest moments in my career came a few years ago when I was visiting the chief executive of a well-known institution. They were about to start an ERP project but he might as well have been a man headed for the gallows. Head hung low - all he could talk about how much of an overrun he needed to prepare his organization for. And his project had not even started. I felt sick - never felt so un-proud of my chosen profession. I could not give him much hope that his pessimism was unjustified. Even after the experience of hundreds of thousands of ERP and other enterprise projects, they fail at . ...

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Enterprise2.0 is like a Business Function

by Nikhil Nulkar on 03/09/2010 09:51 0 comments , 188 views
Categories: Methodologies & best practice, Microblogging & messaging, Culture, Collaboration, Software tools & platforms

Newer ways of working and emerging technologies were changing the way enterprises functioned, this lead to the existence of Enterprise2.0. The idea behind using 2.0 was to communicate that we are heading towards a next-gen enterprise. We all know the importance the technology plays in this transformation into the new enterprise of tomorrow. However many industry thought-leaders and experienced talents have expressed that most of us are over-involved in the technology aspect of it and tend to forget the real basics.

If you recall my post Enterprise2.0 is the new face of Knowledge Management from last year, then there was a reason for it. Both Enterprise2.0 and KM have come to existence for transforming an enterprise to be leaner and more . ...

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Jive SBS Design Practices, Part 2 - Determining Community Wants

by Gia Lyons on 03/09/2010 08:26 0 comments , 28 views
Categories: General business, Collaboration, Software tools & platforms, Adoption
Tags: jive, sbs


The following is a result of Jive Strategic Consulting Practice’s extensive work with many large clients who have deployed Jive Social Business Software. It is Part 2 of a four-part series.

In Part 1, we explained how to use Barry’s Community Flower to determine the top three characteristics of your community. Next, we determine your community members’ wants.

“I want to…”

People often forget to identify the needs/wants/objectives of their community’s members. Not doing so results in yet another cold, lifeless website instead of a potentially thriving community.

For an example of how to avoid this, see this reference to Groundswell’s case study about Proctor & Gamble’s BeingGirl site, in which the authors describe how .. ...

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Fun with Google Voice Transcriptions

by Zoli Erdos on 03/09/2010 03:49 0 comments , 29 views
Categories: General business, Document & content management, Wikis, Blogs & blogging, Collaboration, Software tools & platforms, Management
Tags: google, productivity, voice, voicemail, phonetag, transcription

google-voiceI love this service, have been using it ever since the early Grand Central days, and I really hope my Google Voice number is the one and only final phone number.  Among many other benefits, I no longer have to check voicemail, take note of actions required and return the call – it all comes transcribed as an email, and I have a folder (label) just for voicemail. 

Unlike some other services, Google does not combine computer power with humans, it’s a purely automated function.  Let’s be honest, transcription quality is quite crappy – but so far it’s been just good enough for me to at least grasp what the key message was about, ignoring the fine details… but today’s message is beyond hope:

Hi old Good Morning Zoli, This ...

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