Category: Open Business

Open Business – Everything that is very much related to the world of Social Business, Enterprise 2.0, Social Enterprise, going from processes to tools to anything related to the topic of social networking, social software, social computing, social business, Web 2.0, etc. etc.

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From Command and Control to Collaboration and Teamwork – Preparing Business Leaders for the Knowledge Economy

Remember the blog post I put together a few days back highlighting a superb video interview with John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems, talking about The Power of Collaborating Innovation? Well, I am back again with plenty more! This time around wanting to point out to you folks a wonderful, and very thoughtful and relevant, … Continue reading From Command and Control to Collaboration and Teamwork – Preparing Business Leaders for the Knowledge Economy

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Giving up on Work e-mail – Status Report on Week 52 (On Reply to All – Again!)

As I am about to finish with another Monday, on another busy week at work, I thought I would share some of the excitement of what I have been going through over the last couple of weeks. Yes, indeed, it is time again for that blog post with information details on the weekly progress report … Continue reading Giving up on Work e-mail – Status Report on Week 52 (On Reply to All – Again!)

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Giving up on Work e-mail – Status Report on Week 51 (SNBC – Connect, Collaborate, Innovate)

And we are back at it again, folks. Time for that weekly progress report on giving up e-mail at work where I am getting really, really, close to the one year anniversary of such remarkable quest: reducing my incoming e-mail count consistently over the last few months and, instead, use more and more social software … Continue reading Giving up on Work e-mail – Status Report on Week 51 (SNBC – Connect, Collaborate, Innovate)

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On Humanising Titans

After a pretty intensive and eventful weekend, from which things have started to settle in quite a bit already, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on something I witnessed on Sunday morning, local Canary time, which will be rather difficult, if not impossible to forget. Or, at least, I hope not! … Continue reading On Humanising Titans

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The Impact of Corporate Culture on Social Media (IBM’s Case Study) by Adam Christensen

While most people out there think that Social Software is all about new, fancy social tools, available on a more engaging and participative Web, I thought you folks would enjoy the following quote from one of my fellow IBM colleagues, Adam Christensen, who happens to know a thing or two (And plenty more! heh) around … Continue reading The Impact of Corporate Culture on Social Media (IBM’s Case Study) by Adam Christensen

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Communities of Practice: Conversations to Collaboration by Steve Dale

For a good number of years Communities (of Practice, of Interest, of Purpose, etc. etc.) inside of the corporate world weren’t viewed as important and crucial as they eventually are. For a good number of years, while working as a community builder for various different business units, I have been saying that the major driver … Continue reading Communities of Practice: Conversations to Collaboration by Steve Dale