Comments on: Enterprise 2.0 Isn’t a Checklist

By: Ethan Yarbrough

Ethan Yarbrough — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:54:55 +0000

This is a great post and will be a resource to many of us, I’m sure. I’m intrigued with your assessment of why E2.0 initiatives typically start in IT departments — because they have a horizontal reach across the company. Very perceptive point. I think it’s worth considering that there is another department in many organizations that has a similar horizontal reach (or could have): Namely, HR. It seems to me that moving both IT and HR out of administrative functions in the company to more strategic positions could have a beneficial effect on the adoption of E2.0 initiatives. E2.0 is the use of technology to maximize the potential of people, after all, so there’s a need for both departments in the strategic conversation.

By: Joe Kleinschmidt

Joe Kleinschmidt — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:17:14 +0000

This is a wonderful post, Paula! I love your comments about how IT has always had to find the "common thread" across an organization, and so in fact Enterprise 2.0 is actually very much in line with that philosophy. It's my belief that E2.0 will actually make IT even more relevant to organizations as they grow — especially at a strategic level. Thanks so much for the post.

By: Rotkapchen

Rotkapchen — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:39:00 +0000

Gosh. What a great surprise (sadly, I don't get notices of these comments, unless I comment : ) Thanks for all the great comments and for noting the points that were of particular value for you. This post is a synthesis of a LOT of artifacts I've collected for years in my 'experiences' basket -- so I'm only worthy of credit for reporting it. I wrote it more for me than you -- I have to keep coming back and read it to remember the important points. It also includes a lot of 'short messages' that I prepared for a self-running piece done for UK's Department for Work and Pensions "2.0 is the Net" (the animation is choreographed to the music file so it will appear REALLY slow without the music; thanks to Microsoft you have to download all the files and launch it via pptview.exe for the full effect -- might not be worth it, but it's HIGHLY animated, you can't just view the pages of the ppt either) http://www.box.net/shared/zbj31a9coo

By: Rotkapchen

Rotkapchen — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:37:55 +0000

I guess that should mean a lot more to me, coming from someone who's published a book on the topic : ) Thanks

By: Nikhil Nulkar

Nikhil Nulkar — Sat, 30 May 2009 09:18:37 +0000

Great post! I more than agree with you on what Enterprise2.0 means to you:

"So what IS Enterprise 2.0 focused on? People: tapping the human potential, helping to change the way business gets done by optimizing it not to the systems but to the people. Not shaping the people (via training and documentation) to the systems and the business, but changing the systems and the business to optimize the potential of the people.

Enterprise 2.0 is a mindset, framed by the orders of nature: enabling endless possibilities, organizing simple things in simple ways."

The above is so very true from where I see as well. I have expressed similar thoughts around Enterprise2.0 and in fact how I feel it is really the new face of Knowledge Management. http://www.capgemini.com/technology-blog/2009/05/...

Again, a good read the post above. Thanks!

By: Bill_Odell

Bill_Odell — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:37:42 +0000

Great post Paula. You hit the nail on the head in so many ways. This really is about "informed change" not "command and control". Love the concept of exchanging conversations that are transparent, persistent and accessible. I do agree with Sameer, that thinking about to apply social computing to specific business problems might prove a more productive approach than a one size fit all approach in many cases.

By: Sameer Patel

Sameer Patel — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:37:12 +0000

Seriously Paula, you knocked this one out of the park. I've read it 3 times now

The only thing I'll add is that we also need to be comfortable or at least open to the possibility that a one size fits all (horizontal) platform may not be optimal. I know IT might cringe at that thought, but it may well be that in some cases verticalized apps, designed around specific business activity, are a better fit. That folds in intent from get go, and might make shifting focus, culture and thinking a tad easier.

Big kudos, once again.

By: Collabo

Collabo — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:03:15 +0000

Great article! Very well put together thoughts on Enterprise 2.0. You've reinforced several concepts that I've been thinking for a while now.

By: Jeremy Thomas

Jeremy Thomas — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:06:46 +0000

This is probably the most comprehensive overview of Enterprise 2.0 I've ever read. Great stuff Paula. This sums it up well "Such cultures have to move from ‘rules’ to ‘guidelines’; from ‘fixed processes’ to ‘governance models’; from binary to heuristic…"