10 Tools for Managing a Creative Environment [ Source: Web 2.0 Expo ]
June 2008- Stage Managers wrangle directors, designers, writers, and actors every day, under strict union guidelines. Editors cajole writers into producing on time(ish) for each week's publication. Conductors balance the needs of dozens of musicians while staying true to the needs of the music. These disciplines can teach us how to set up and support creative environments that are conducive to excellent design and development. Bryan Mason and Sarah Nelson of Adaptive Path introduce you to 10 ...

What's Next: Goal-Oriented Social Software [ Source: Enterprise 2.0 Conference ]
November 2011- In an emerging trend, social software and social business principles are increasingly being applied to accomplish specific objectives. Measurable objectives. This is a change from the roles traditionally associated to social software: knowledge management, conversations, transparency, ermergence. These social principles have in many ways been the "end" themselves, or the means to a squishy, ill-defined end (e.g. "more collaborative"). What's changing is these principles are now the catalyst to achieving a tangible, defined end.