This week brings yet another virtual conference on the latest and greatest in enterprise 2.0 and social business concepts and technology. And I’m thrilled to be speaking. The team at TechWeb (United Business Media) have put together s solid agenda that centers on making the business objective at one end and lessons learned at the […]
Vinnie Mirchandani, in his patented ‘what’s really happening’ style of analysis pens an insightful post on his impressions of Lotusphere 2011. “Doug did not use the word “Grand Challenges” but he might as well have because in IBM’s vision a “social business” rethinks traditional CRM, HRM, PLM, SCM – almost every area of business where […]
I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the awesome Net:Work Conference by the GigaOM Network in San Francisco last week. Net:Work offered a wide spectrum of important topics that together projects what the future of work will look like: collaboration in context, remote work, mobility and cloud. And its impact both on the […]
On Dec 2nd, distinguished faculty members from Babson College (my Alma Mater) – MBA Dean Raghu Tadepalli and Dr. P.J. Guinan, professor of technology, operations, and information management will present research on the use of Social Media in the Enterprise in San Francisco. Ragu is someone I’ve come to know recently and I keep in […]
A few months ago I opined on the difference between Innovation and Innovation Cultures here, on this blog. It was a riff inspired by a post by Pat Lencioni on Bloomberg/Businessweek that largely dismissed Innovation programs, saying": As heretical as that may seem to those who want to believe that “innovation is everyone’s business,” consider […]
Headed to Toronto to speak at WebCom Toronto this week. From the site: On November 3rd, immerse yourself in the world of new Web trends, technologies and strategies and gauge their full potential for your enterprise. Learn about key collaboration strategies and techniques, wikis, real-time Web with Yammer, Internet/Intranet communities and professional social networks. All […]
IBM has recently completed a study on the Social Workplace, based on conversations with over 700 Chief Human Resource Officers worldwide. The study is focused on the following: Cultivating creative leaders — who can more nimbly lead in complex, global environments Mobilizing for greater speed and flexibility — producing significantly greater capability to adjust underlying […]