Comments on: blueKiwi 2009 – The Sociology of Productivity is a Core Design Principle http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/03/30/bluekiwi-2009-the-sociology-of-productivity-is-a-core-design-principle/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:29:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jon Husband http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/03/30/bluekiwi-2009-the-sociology-of-productivity-is-a-core-design-principle/comment-page-1/#comment-218102 Jon Husband Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:53:50 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=2364#comment-218102 Thanks, Steve. Yes, I think it's an interesting product and an interesting company with smart and capable people throughout. Thanks, Steve. Yes, I think it's an interesting product and an interesting company with smart and capable people throughout.

]]> By: Steve Ardire http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/03/30/bluekiwi-2009-the-sociology-of-productivity-is-a-core-design-principle/comment-page-1/#comment-218090 Steve Ardire Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:47:22 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=2364#comment-218090 Hi Jon - first of all your title 'The Sociology of Productivity is a Core Design Principle' is very compelling and brought me right into your superb post ! My comments and observations.... "What eventuates is a network of interaction around pertinent content, and thus over time an ecosystem around issues in which engagement is de facto defined by the users’ interest and willingness to engage". IMO this is the holy grail or bulls eye for enterprise social networking applications and so far all have fallen short.... My interpretation of your fine points on three key effects means dynamic profiles are tied to and interleaved with dynamic content out of the interactions between individuals and “natural sociology of knowledge work” which sounds like smarter corporate ethnography to me ;) I really like you analogy to Metcalfe’s Law and refreshing to see Blue Kiwi as an enterprise social networking player applying it to REAL business practice i.e. "As activity increases the value to the organization increases, and accordingly blueKiwi’s revenues from that client increase. Conversely, if there is no activity, there is no revenue to blueKiwi " This is so refreshing to see and lays down the gauntlet challenge to Lotus Connection and Sharepoint platforms and leading players like Jive and Teligent. "Technology is thus not a cost per se, rather the activity the technology enables reflects the price and value of the utility, and the users determine the ROI." Very smart move that's sure to shake up Blue Kiwi's competitors even more ;) "bK 2009 is effectively a layer over the organization’s existing IT architecture, and that it can and should operate as a strategic complementarity to existing databases, enterprise search engines, security functions and so on". Heady stuff but this this is going to be a tougher sell because I know other players who are vying for this position shall we say with a refreshing KM twist ;) Finally I don''t think “Social Hub” has enough teeth for gotcha tangible meaning but all in all I'm also impressed with Blue Kiwi's moxie and business strategy. Cheers....Steve Hi Jon – first of all your title 'The Sociology of Productivity is a Core Design Principle' is very compelling and brought me right into your superb post !

My comments and observations….

"What eventuates is a network of interaction around pertinent content, and thus over time an ecosystem around issues in which engagement is de facto defined by the users’ interest and willingness to engage".

IMO this is the holy grail or bulls eye for enterprise social networking applications and so far all have fallen short….

My interpretation of your fine points on three key effects means dynamic profiles are tied to and interleaved with dynamic content out of the interactions between individuals and “natural sociology of knowledge work” which sounds like smarter corporate ethnography to me ;)

I really like you analogy to Metcalfe’s Law and refreshing to see Blue Kiwi as an enterprise social networking player applying it to REAL business practice i.e. "As activity increases the value to the organization increases, and accordingly blueKiwi’s revenues from that client increase. Conversely, if there is no activity, there is no revenue to blueKiwi "

This is so refreshing to see and lays down the gauntlet challenge to Lotus Connection and Sharepoint platforms and leading players like Jive and Teligent.

"Technology is thus not a cost per se, rather the activity the technology enables reflects the price and value of the utility, and the users determine the ROI."

Very smart move that's sure to shake up Blue Kiwi's competitors even more ;)

"bK 2009 is effectively a layer over the organization’s existing IT architecture, and that it can and should operate as a strategic complementarity to existing databases, enterprise search engines, security functions and so on".

Heady stuff but this this is going to be a tougher sell because I know other players who are vying for this position shall we say with a refreshing KM twist ;)

Finally I don''t think “Social Hub” has enough teeth for gotcha tangible meaning but all in all I'm also impressed with Blue Kiwi's moxie and business strategy.

Cheers….Steve

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