Comments on: Enterprise 2.0 Leaders Amongst 100 Most Influential in IT http://www.enterprise2dot0.com/2008/04/18/enterprise-20-leaders-amongst-100-most-influential-in-it/ How social software will change the future of work Mon, 6 Oct 2008 19:43:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Niall Cook http://www.enterprise2dot0.com/2008/04/18/enterprise-20-leaders-amongst-100-most-influential-in-it/#comment-7261 Niall Cook Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:17:37 +0000 http://niallcook.com/2008/04/18/enterprise-20-leaders-amongst-100-most-influential-in-it/#comment-7261 It's a fair point well made, Jasbinder and I suppose eWeek is a US-focused publication, so it is to be expected. I agree with you about the UK though - or is it that the Brits are just getting on with it and doing less shouting? It’s a fair point well made, Jasbinder and I suppose eWeek is a US-focused publication, so it is to be expected.

I agree with you about the UK though - or is it that the Brits are just getting on with it and doing less shouting?

]]> By: Jasbinder http://www.enterprise2dot0.com/2008/04/18/enterprise-20-leaders-amongst-100-most-influential-in-it/#comment-7258 Jasbinder Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:46:39 +0000 http://niallcook.com/2008/04/18/enterprise-20-leaders-amongst-100-most-influential-in-it/#comment-7258 Niall - your very own recent Oscars list was also US-dominated, and I think that may be because of the heavy tech and sociological bias to Web2.0/E2.0. There is a clear appetite for knowledge and a lot of well informed evangelists, certainly in the UK who are trying to raise awareness and understanding about how companies can embrace the shift to the social web. Yourself and Euan Semple, for example. What the UK has never had is that high-level acceptance of failure that presides in the US, where the Web2.0 ideal of 'try it, make small mistakes fast, learn and move on' is a natural extension of the their overall corporate culture. Niall - your very own recent Oscars list was also US-dominated, and I think that may be because of the heavy tech and sociological bias to Web2.0/E2.0. There is a clear appetite for knowledge and a lot of well informed evangelists, certainly in the UK who are trying to raise awareness and understanding about how companies can embrace the shift to the social web. Yourself and Euan Semple, for example. What the UK has never had is that high-level acceptance of failure that presides in the US, where the Web2.0 ideal of ‘try it, make small mistakes fast, learn and move on’ is a natural extension of the their overall corporate culture.

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