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Featured Reports
The Enterprise 2.0 Backlog: 100 Ideas
July 31, 2012
Some of the ideas on this list are quirky, but they'll get your creative juices flowing as you dive into the execution phase of the E2.0 revolution.
A Crowdsourced Definition of Collaboration
June 20, 2012
Socially speaking, are you most comfortable working in teams, tribes, or co-groups? Each has its strengths and weaknesses.
Middle Managers Must Play Game Of Risk
May 30, 2012
Line managers must now be required, and enabled via enterprise management 2.0 tools, to take on market risks.
The Fall Of The Messiah Leader
May 07, 2012
Many CEOs create an illusion of control, but heroic, charismatic leadership in the context of large public companies is mostly a myth.
How The Enterprise 2.0 Managerial Model Was Born
April 24, 2012
In this first of a three-part series, we explore the evolution of Management For Opportunity. How did "manager" become a dirty word?
Embrace Enterprise 2.0 Trifecta
March 08, 2012
Half measures won't work. Enterprises must adopt social/mobile, cloud, and big data technologies—all of them, not just one or two.
Digital Migrants And A Stark Economic Future
February 27, 2012
Why we'll see a very tough transient labor market for a couple of decades, with slowing or declining economic growth.
From Social Business To Superlinear Corporation
December 28, 2011
How do we make corporations more like cities, which get more productive as they grow bigger? Help me with my ongoing research project.
Social Business In 2012: Enter The Water Dragon
December 22, 2011
I hope to see the term "social business" bite the dust in 2012. Enterprise 2.0 is about individualism, data, new management models, and architecture.
Enterprise 2.0's New Debate: Dam the Streams?
December 12, 2011
Social action has become part of a constantly flowing river of stimulation called the stream. Two schools of thought say leave it, or tame it.
Social Wars Part III: Return Of The Radicals
October 07, 2011
There are radicals who start Enterprise 2.0 revolutions and radicals who finish them. Here's how to finish. Third of a three-part series.
Social Wars: The Enterprise Strikes Back
September 28, 2011
In the transition to Enterprise 2.0 capitalism, the incumbent provider of the 1.0 IT infrastructure generally wins with its bolt-on, all-in-one 2.0 offering.
Social Wars: A New Hope
September 14, 2011
It's still early days in the transition to Enterprise 2.0 capitalism. To understand how it's playing out, consider where the action is: the IT sales cycle. First of a three-part series.
Why Process People Are Second-Class Citizens
July 26, 2011
Too many Enterprise 2.0 evangelists don't understand what really makes companies special, what gives them their heart.
Simpler Organizations Are Harder To Design
May 23, 2011
Even the most deft leaders using the latest Web 2.0 tools can't transform organizational hierarchies overnight.
The Angry VP And The Art Of Enterprise 2.0
May 16, 2011
A few Zen parables on the power and nuance of Web collaboration and engagement.
Shifting Visions And Agile Missions
April 13, 2011
In the 2.0 era, every business model has an expiration date of just a few years. Continuously hunting for the next business model needs to be the lifelong concern for every company.
The Four Horsemen Of The Enterprisocalypse
April 01, 2011
Follow these four steps--in order--as you consider how or whether to modernize your business processes.
Hard And Soft Power In Enterprise 2.0
March 30, 2011
Soldiers and diplomats recognize the power of the stick as well as the carrot. Time for E2.0 evangelists to toughen up.
The Real Reasons Enterprise Search is Broken
September 01, 2010
"Young World Rising" by Rob Salkowitz
June 29, 2010
Plantronics "How You Work" Contest
May 04, 2010
Enterprise 2.0 or Exterprise 2.0?
April 13, 2010
Xerox Trails and the Problem of Enterprise Document Integration
January 08, 2010
The Right and Left Brains of Enterprise 2.0
December 16, 2009