Since the birth of social, or at least the proliferation of microblogging, there has been the ongoing arguments about e-mail vs social streams (some listed below ). On the one hand you have the social media camp predicting the death of e-mail. On the other hand you have the […]
The 8-Step Process for Leading Change
Plan for achievements that can easily be made visible, follow-through with those achievements and recognize and reward employees who were involved. Learn More » Use increased credibility to change systems, structures, and policies that don’t fit the vision, also hire, promote, and develop employees who can implement the vision, and […]
Cisco CEO: Internet Of Things Will Reshape IT
Internet-connected devices will drive a new IT infrastructure that must support an “application economy,” predicts Cisco CEO John Chambers, speaking at Interop. 5 Big Wishes For Big Data Deployments John Chambers thinks IT departments can get their CEOs excited about the Internet of Things in the same way CEOs […]
For Cross-Functional Change, a Good Disruption Helps
by Brad Power | 11:00 AM December 10, 2013 How do you improve the whole organization, not just parts of it? The uber challenge for process improvement in organizations has always been to successfully make improvements across functions. But have any sizable organizations assigned people to manage their major end-to-end […]
Redefining Collaboration
We all face a complex future requiring greater degrees of innovation and coordination. We need better collaboration. This is one of the promises of digital technologies such as analytics, mobility and particularly social media. However while the world has grown complex, the concept of collaboration remains stubbornly simple. Sharing […]
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The pioneering thinking of Chris Argyris
Chris Argyris Chris Argyris said it can be harder, not easier, to teach smart people No one in my life has taught me more about the world, about people and about success than my parents did. But Chris Argyris, renowned in business education as a leading professor at Harvard, […]
Enterprise Social, It’s Time To…
My father was never one to use profanity, with one exception. In those instances when I was taking just too long to make a decision or show progress, he’d say, “Rob, it’s time to … or get off the pot!” We’re pretty much at that point with Enterprise Social. In […]
Personal Communication Services and Social Collaboration Are Entering The Workplace
By Dan Bieler and Enza Iannopollo Personal communications services, which we define as communication and collaboration services that merge private, social and business communication in one personal view, are becoming part of the work environment. Services like Skype or Google Apps allow users to speak and send messages across […]
The Puzzling Technology Adoption Discrepancy Between Individuals and Institutions
[Irving Wladawsky-Berger] Since the publication of its first report in 2009, I’ve closely followed the Shift Index initiative of Deloitte’s Center for the Edge . The initiative, co-led by John Hagel and John Seely Brown , is an attempt to quantify what Deloitte calls The Big Shift , the […]