Enterprise 2.0

I avoid bouts of ego-stroking wherever I can, as it’s one of the things that annoys me about this most social of media.
So on this occasion, I hope you’ll forgive me (Marc Wright would probably appreciate the traffic). His internal communications magazine, simply-communicate.com recently profiled me as part of its “How Did I Get Here?” [...]

Proponents of social software seem to think that email has had its day. Some have even given it up completely.
I respectfully disagree.
The problem with email at the moment is not email, but people. Basically, we need to re-learn how to manage our inboxes alongside all the other information flows. And it’s possible.
For Christmas 2006 I [...]

If you are in any doubt as to whether Enterprise 2.0 is relevant to you, I invite you to download the intro and first chapter (820Kb PDF) and decide for yourself.
In the words of foreword contributor, Don Tapscott, “read, enjoy and prosper”.

With only a month or so left before formal publication (I should receive my copies this week!), I’m heading off on vacation for a couple of weeks before returning to market the book in earnest.
Whilst I’m away, I thought I’d leave you with this cartoon from Geek And Poke explaining what it really means to [...]

Ross Dawson is an accomplished author of two books: Developing Knowledge-Based Client Relationships and Living Networks.
To mark the latter’s five year birthday, an anniversary edition has been published and Ross is making every single chapter available as a free download via his blog and the Living Networks website.
I highly recommend taking Ross up on his [...]

Congratulations to Andrew McAfee and Ross Mayfield for making it onto eWeek’s list of the 100 most influential people in IT for 2008, respectively (and now respectfully) the “torch-bearer for the emerging Enterprise 2.0 market” and “a thought leader in the burgeoning Web 2.0 collaboration software market.”
Other IT commentators who have been known to voice their opinions on Enterprise 2.0, including Tom [...]

Jevon MacDonald asks who the Enterprise 2.0 leaders are on the FASTForward blog:
Who are the up and coming stars and who are the blowhards? Who are the hidden gems and who do you think has it all wrong? Who is out there doing the hard work and not getting any credit?
I’ve already made one rather [...]

There are some common success factors that emerge from all the case studies I researched and included in my final manuscript, which I thought would be both reproducing here:

It’s been 16 months since I broke the news that I had been asked to write a book on social software in the enterprise (now widely known as Enterprise 2.0 thanks to people like Andrew McAfee and Dion Hinchcliffe).
At 22.49 last night I sent my final manuscript (all 50,000 words of it) to my publisher. [...]

So, I’m almost there. A couple of diagrams to finish, one or two image clearances outstanding, the final literature review to incorporate, then it’s a case of formatting to match the publisher’s house style and packaging it all up. Phew!
I haven’t used this blog as much as I intended do (as I have said before, [...]