One of the defining characteristics of Enterprise 2.0 implementation efforts according to Andy McAfee, among others, is the presence of emergent behaviors in the organization as participants interact with and adapt to new technology functions and features. The notion of ‘emergent behavior’ is pretty well established in the study of complex systems. Yet it still [...]
Tagged Design, Knowledge workToday makes eight years I’ve been posting here.
This is one component in a continually evolving collection of tools and practices that constitute my work practices. I’ve been thinking about how best to understand that constellation of tools and practices and about ways to make the path smoother for those who may be earlier in [...]
The future is already here. It’s just unevenly distributed William Gibson
A recent discussion about bad television science fiction versus what good science fiction can be illuminates the challenge of coping with today’s technology environment in everyday organizational reality.
It started with a recent speech by Star Trek writer Ron [...]
From my friend and fellow blogger at FASTforward, Rob Patterson.
via youtube.com
What more can I say?
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Never underestimate the power of a good story Robert Paterson Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:05:18 GMT
Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths for Winning at Business Without Losing Your Self, Webber, Alan M.
Alan Webber was the managing editor of the Harvard Business Review and, wearing an entrepreneurial hat, was a cofounder of Fast Company magazine. He’s hung out with and paid attention to lots of smart people [...]
While my own preference would be for a policy of "Don’t be stupid," that’s unrealistic for most organizations. I’ve recently been collecting examples of policies from various organizations. If you know of other examples, please let me know in the comments
Online Database of Social Media Policies Here’s a site [...]
Tagged policy, socialmediaI’ve been uncomfortable with the ongoing discussions about the promise or threat of multitasking without being quite able to articulate why. Stowe Boyd finally helped my crystallize my concerns with a nice dissection of the most recent wave of debate on the topic. Let me extract two paragraphs from his excellent analysis:
So, the war on [...]
I had never actually heard the story about Van Halen and brown M&M’s before I came across this Boing Boing entry. Of course, Boing Boing is always a good for fun stories. Here’s one that also has a useful point about dealing with complex knowledge problems between organizations.
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