Just flew from Sydney to New York. Spending 20 hours at 35,000 feet gave me a chance to reflect on how rapidly the world is changing. It’s nothing short of amazing that I can get on a plane in Sydney and be pretty well guaranteed to be halfway around the world at a defined time […]
Do you spend too much time in meetings and answering email?
November 22nd, 2007“My pocket vibrates, therefore I am.” Would DesCartes agree?
November 20th, 2007James Governor recently said of RIM and its ubiquitous BlackBerry: “And who has done more than RIM to change the boundaries of work and play, personal and business communications in this era called 2.0? RIM is the most important company in Office and Enterprise 2.0 in terms of behavioural change, worklife balance and so on. […]
Enterprise 2.0: wikis, social networks, & the strength of weak ties
November 7th, 2007Andrew McAfee recently wrote a post called How to Hit the Enterprise 2.0 Bullseye that looks at how multiple tools like wikis, blogs, and social networks are useful to workers in complementary ways. He defines a bullseye and set of concentric cirles that represent the typical worker’s ties to others as strong, weak, potential, and […]
The Friday Flux: Debunking 3 common lies about social software
November 2nd, 2007This edition: Debunking three lies about social software. This post looks at JP Rangaswami’s take on three lies about social software: 1) it causes groupthink, 2) it is full of inaccuracies, and 3) it destroys privacy. After summarizing his three debunks, I offered some thoughts on how these lies about social software sometimes affect wiki […]
“How do you grow wiki use?” presentation slides available online
November 1st, 2007Back in July I posted a video of my presentation “How do you grow wiki use?” Today, I’m making the slides available as well. It’s taken me a while to post them because my presentations rely on visuals to illustrate the points I make when delivering a presentation in person, and for a long time […]
Two arguments against wiki use (and how to respond to them)
October 30th, 2007Brian Solis writes about some of the resistance to blogging that he encounters from companies, and much of this applies to to wikis and enterprise 2.0 tools in general. For example, one questions he was asked is, “How would you recommend clients use blogging as part of their PR strategy?” The easy answer is I […]
Jason Fried of 37signals: Why Enterprise Software Sucks
October 25th, 2007This is a must read. Jason gets to the point of why Enterprise software is so hard to use - it’s made to appeal to buyers, not users. “The people who buy enterprise software aren’t the people who use enterprise software. That’s where the disconnect begins. And it pulls and pulls and pulls until the […]
Stop splitting hairs and debating: You can’t win if you don’t play
October 19th, 2007Why do some people spend endless hours pondering the details and splitting hairs over whether using a wiki will provide any value to their organizations? Couldn’t that time be better spent actually using it, and finding out? In Social Media is About Sociology Not Technology, Brian Solis says: Almost daily I hear, “There are so […]
Mike Cannon-Brookes on Organisational Wiki Adoption
October 10th, 2007Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian’s co-Founder, recently presented on Organisational Wiki Adoption at WebDirections South 2007 in Sydney, Australia. The presentation is excellent on both content and design - in fact, Mike set a goal of no bullet points: “FYI I set myself the challenge of doing an entire 1 hour presentation with no bullet points - […]
Why the “one size fits all” mentality in IT must go away
October 5th, 2007When I visit wiki users in organizations, I often hear stories about how the wiki was brought in by someone who saw the value in using it, and began a grassroots movement to spread awareness and use of it. Not the orthodox way to bring a tool into an organization, because it often leaves IT […]