Enterprise 2.0

My core thesis in Enterprise 2.0 is that social software will change the future of work.
So in an otherwise underwhelming update of McKinsey’s global survey on the state of web 2.0 in companies, I was therefore intrigued by the finding that companies satisfied with their use of web 2.0 “are not only using more technologies [...]

Nortel and IDC have just put out a new piece of research looking at the relative connectivity of 2,400 people in 17 countries. They asked questions about both device and application usage to determine four distinct cluster of ‘connectedness’:

Hyperconnected: “Those who have fully embraced the brave new world, with more devices per capita than the [...]

For those reporting on Forrester’s prediction that the Enterprise 2.0 market will be worth US$4.6 billion by 2013, please choose your words carefully.
On page 3, the Forrester report refers to the “enterprise Web 2.0″ market as encompassing “both externally facing marketing functions and internally facing productivity and collaboration functions.” And in Figure 5.1 they clearly [...]

Hot on the heels of Ross Dawson’s Enterprise 2.0 Executive Roundtable report comes “the first major market study of Enterprise 2.0″ from the AIIM Market Intelligence group.
Three key findings emerge, we are told:

A majority of organisations position Enterprise 2.0 as critical or important to business goals and objectives
Few organisations have a clear understanding of Enterprise [...]

Ross Dawson has just made a report from the Enterprise 2.0 Executive Roundtable available as a free download.
It’s a write up of an event which saw a handful of senior Australian executives discussing Enterprise 2.0 and its implications and potential for large organisations.
Topics covered include:

Defining Enterprise 2.0
Identifying business value
Risks and concerns
Social networks in the enterprise
The [...]

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 [...]

A major portion of my book is going to consist of a review of some of the key ‘elements’ of Enterprise 2.0. For this, I’m looking to speak to vendors of such software to the enterprise. If you represent such a company or can suggest someone I ought to be in contact with, please let [...]

I’m terribly embarrassed that I’ve left this blog untended for so long. I honestly didn’t mean to, but a combination of factors mean that I didn’t get started in earnest on the book until a couple of months ago.
I’m getting to the end of my research phase now, but am looking to harness the wisdom [...]

Andrew McAfee, Associate Professor at Harvard Business School has issued a call for case studies providing examples of companies that have or are using social software in the enterprise.
I have a few case studies lined up for the book I am writing, and intend to get a few more, so I will not only be [...]