IBM Embraces Net Generation
I get this question a fair amount of times, and it came up at New Paradigm’s Enterprise 2.0 all-member meeting in a couple of weeks ago. That is: “How can established companies (sometimes people use...
View ArticleSorry Carr, Web 2.0 tools mean that IT matters more now than ever
In the past Don Tapscott and Nicholas Carr have debated on numerous occasions the topic “Does IT Matter”. At the FASTforward 08 conference Andrew McAfee made an interesting comment on how Web 2.0 tools...
View ArticleIs technology encouraging employees to act like drug dealers?
This post was inspired by two things; first, the series finale of The Wire (an excellent series that everyone should watch) and second a number of conversations I have had with a variety of private and...
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Visualization tools let you see the enterprise in a whole new light
For the past couple of years my colleague Alan Majer has been looking into new into new forms of interactive technology and the use of ‘gaming dashboards’ (ala World of Warcarft) in the organization....
View ArticleIs Enterprise 2.0 the business model?
Much has been written about Web 2.0 over the past year or two. We have observed the rapid rise of online giants such as MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and Flickr. The value, or at least perceived value, of...
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Who needs analyst firms anyways?
Like the music industry and the publishing industry, the writing on the wall is bold, capitalized, and neon for yet another industry reluctant to change in the face of Web 2.0 forces far too powerful...
View ArticleJoin the conversation on ‘Who needs analyst firms anyways?’
For readers that might have missed it last week, I just wanted to highlight the very interesting conversation going on in regards to Naumi’s post Who needs analyst firms anyways? There have been about...
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The Anatomy of the Enterprise Octopus
If this picture of the enterprise octopus doesn’t encourage you to read Sam Lawrence’s post on enterprise technology (how it’s moving from file-centric to people-centric), I don’t know what will…...
View ArticleThe End of Capitalism
At nGenera’s Gov 2.0 conference at Harvard last week, I had the opportunity to meet Ben Rattray. Ben founded Change.org, a Facebook-like social-networking site specifically designed for engaging people...
View ArticleGoogle’s Next Step to Information Domination
Last Thursday, Google introduced its GOOG-411 service in Canada, the first non-U.S. country to have the free phone directory service. If you’re like me and detest being charged high fees for services...
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Dilbert mash up: June 24th 2008
Like many of my colleagues (which helps explain the temporarily low blog post count), I’ve been busy at our Enterprise 2.0 conference today – so I thought this mash up would be appropriate. As always,...
View ArticleIntoducing our first guest blogger: Stewart Mader
Several weeks ago we invited people to contact us if they were interested in being a guest blogger on wikinomics (and importantly, if they had an interesting story to tell). Today we are pleased to...
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A picture is worth 1,000 words
We’ve all heard it before. The nay-sayers doubting the benefits of social technology. However, Jive Software CMO Sam Lawrence has posted a series of 10 charts on his blog Go Big Always illustrating...
View ArticleHow Web 2.0, Facebook, and the Net Generation will change corporate security
In the last 20 some odd years corporate security has made some headway. Companies are now at the point where they are reasonably efficient at keeping ‘hackers’ out and letting employees in. The problem...
View ArticleCould Web 2.0 tools be the saving grace for organizations during a recession?
For the past 2 years or so there has been much debate in the office about the state of the economy. My colleague Denis Hancock had a great post on the state of the housing market that highlighted this...
View ArticleNing vs. WidgetLaboratory and the challenges underlying ‘open’ platforms
The combination of Ning and WidgetLaboratory (WL) was a story that had wikinomics written all over it. The former is a platform that enables anyone to create their own social networks focused on...
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Wikinomics and Risk Management
The economic “risk bubble” has broken, and it’s going to take significant changes to restore long-term confidence in the financial services market. In Risk Management 2.0: Overcoming the Current...
View ArticleWikinomics in action: Ukoonto and the web 2.0
Reading the business news lately is pretty depressing, as article after article goes into detail on which big business (the banks, the car companies, etc.) is in most urgent need of a bailout. I’m...
View ArticleThe Green Upside of the Downturn
While the downturn may have a negative impact on investment in green technologies the news for the environment is not all bad. For instance, often the first cutback businesses make is in corporate...
View ArticleVideo of Tapscott speech available online
A video of Don Tapscott’s recent speech to the Institute of Direct Marketing in London, England is available for viewing online, and can be seen here. The video presents an overview of the Net...
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