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Entries from May 2007

Enterprise 2.0 and enterprise hierarchy

May 8th, 2007 · 3 Comments

The blogospherical (not to say circular) conversation continues about Tom Davenport’s post questioning the impact of Enterprise 2.0, Andrew McAfee’s response, and the ensuing opining by moi and others here and elsewhere.
Jon Husband agrees with both Tom and Andrew. He also concurs with others who have weighed in that Enterprise 2.0 will have long-term effects […]

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Tags: social software · Enterprise 2.0 · Connectbeam

Social Computing

May 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

Soon there will be something here. Right now, not.
That’s right — the words you are reading are an illusion. Real words will replace them soon.

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Tom Tom — beating the drum for E 2.0

May 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

My post on Tom Davenport’s skeptical response to “Enterprise 2.0″ has drawn an interesting response from Bill Ives on the FASTforward blog. There is not enough difference among any of us to allow for a real debate, but I want to clarify a point from my post.
I’m a big fan of Tom Davenport. As a […]

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Tags: social software · Enterprise 2.0 · Enterprise Software · Enterprise Web 2.0 · change

Will Social Software “Transform” Organizations? I Don’t Know.

May 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

Tom Davenport recently wrote a think piece to explain why social software won’t transform the enterprise. Andrew McAfee, who coined the phrase “Enterprise 2.0″ to describe this kind of software, replied. In comments on their two posts, a lively debate ensued.
Tom describes Enterprise 2.0 as “the widespread adoption of social media and participative technologies in […]

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Tags: social software · Enterprise 2.0