Comments on: Enterprise 2.0 - Now a necessity in a low/no capital world - The Death of the Dinos

By: Jon Husband

Jon Husband — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:46:19 +0000

“The new of course exists in proto form today as it did when the dinosaurs roamed. The new will be based on network models. It will use the network effect and it will use social capital to do big things. It will use its distributed intelligence to “see” what to do and to undersatdn the chaos that we will be living in.”

There’s a word for this, but it escapes my memory for the moment …

By: Luis Alberola

Luis Alberola — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:16:45 +0000

It is a great article. I like your description of the enterprise 2.0 : “The new of course exists in proto form today as it did when the dinosaurs roamed. The new will be based on network models. It will use the network effect and it will use social capital to do big things. It will use its distributed intelligence to “see” what to do and to undersatdn the chaos that we will be living in.”

Here in France, I see transformation happening at a slower pace first, because “dinos” will be protected. So it wil be the dinos who dare to embark in a 2.0 transformation that will survive, while we wait for the mamals …

By: SnapComms

SnapComms — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:29:05 +0000

What a fantastic article. I think the key to evolution is IT and External / Internal Communications working together. In our experience, this is a problem in countries with a culture with low power distance. Have a look at http://www.snapcomms.com/snap/internalcommsnetwork/Web%20-%20Cultural%20Distance%20.pdf
for more on cultural differences.

We’ve found that organsiations in countries with a high power distance are implmenting new communications technology more smoothly - perhaps the respect for each oher is there (rather than everyone wanting to be in charge / have the final say and spending time in power struggles rather than gettting newer technologies implemented).

Does anyone have any research that shows which countries/cultures are ahead or behind the web 2.0 adoption curve?

By: Clifford J. Wirth, Ph.D.

Clifford J. Wirth, Ph.D. — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:29:28 +0000

Good piece. Here is how the death of the dinos will take place:

According to most independent scientific studies, global oil production will now decline from 74 million barrels per day to 60 million barrels per day by 2015. During the same time demand will increase 14%.

This is equivalent to a 33% drop in 7 years. No one can reverse this trend, nor can we conserve our way out of this catastrophe. Because the demand for oil is so high, it will always exceed production levels; thus oil depletion will continue steadily until all recoverable oil is extracted.

Alternatives will not even begin to fill the gap. And most alternatives yield electric power, but we need liquid fuels for tractors/combines, 18 wheel trucks, trains, ships, and mining equipment.

We are facing the collapse of the highways that depend on diesel trucks for maintenance of bridges, cleaning culverts to avoid road washouts, snow plowing, roadbed and surface repair. When the highways fail, so will the power grid, as highways carry the parts, transformers, steel for pylons, and high tension cables, all from far away. With the highways out, there will be no food coming in from “outside,” and without the power grid virtually nothing works, including home heating, pumping of gasoline and diesel, airports, communications, and automated systems.

This is documented in a free 48 page report that can be downloaded, website posted, distributed, and emailed: http://www.peakoilassociates.com/POAnalysis.html

I used to live in NH-USA, but moved to a sustainable place. Anyone interested in relocating to a nice, pretty, sustainable area with a good climate and good soil? Email: clifford dot wirth at yahoo dot com or give me a phone call which operates here as my old USA-NH number 603-668-4207. http://survivingpeakoil.blogspot.com/