Comments on: Even Among the Tech Savviest, Social Media Starts ‘Underground’ http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/08/05/even-among-the-tech-savviest-social-media-starts-underground/ Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:28:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joe McKendrick http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/08/05/even-among-the-tech-savviest-social-media-starts-underground/comment-page-1/#comment-235066 Joe McKendrick Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:35:05 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=3369#comment-235066 Thanks Rick, and Paula, for your feedback. It's interesting to hear how a company that may be perhaps a bit rigid in its ways is getting enthusiastic about Enterprise 2.0. It's noteworthy that it took a young president to start shaking things up to get adoption moving. I've seen this in the world of service oriented architecture -- the catalyst for SOA efforts tends to be the arrival of a new CIO or CEO. Thanks Rick, and Paula, for your feedback. It’s interesting to hear how a company that may be perhaps a bit rigid in its ways is getting enthusiastic about Enterprise 2.0. It’s noteworthy that it took a young president to start shaking things up to get adoption moving. I’ve seen this in the world of service oriented architecture — the catalyst for SOA efforts tends to be the arrival of a new CIO or CEO.

]]> By: Rick Ladd http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/08/05/even-among-the-tech-savviest-social-media-starts-underground/comment-page-1/#comment-234911 Rick Ladd Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:58:53 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=3369#comment-234911 Thanks for this, Joe (and Paula for the tweet that brought me here). I work for a very hierarchical company that is experiencing this transition. Our first truly social computing capability has been in place for almost seven years, yet was never embraced by IT, only a few of the early adopters in the engineering community (we're a company of mostly rocket scientists). Thanks to a new, fairly young President (and lots of behind-the-scenes cajoling, not to mention a transformative business climate), the change is taking place. The bitter pill to swallow for management, including executive management (maybe esp.) is your last point. We've just taken the first step in that direction and the excitement in a substantial portion of the population is palpable. Thanks again. Thanks for this, Joe (and Paula for the tweet that brought me here). I work for a very hierarchical company that is experiencing this transition. Our first truly social computing capability has been in place for almost seven years, yet was never embraced by IT, only a few of the early adopters in the engineering community (we’re a company of mostly rocket scientists).

Thanks to a new, fairly young President (and lots of behind-the-scenes cajoling, not to mention a transformative business climate), the change is taking place. The bitter pill to swallow for management, including executive management (maybe esp.) is your last point. We’ve just taken the first step in that direction and the excitement in a substantial portion of the population is palpable. Thanks again.

]]> By: Paula Thornton http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/08/05/even-among-the-tech-savviest-social-media-starts-underground/comment-page-1/#comment-234908 Paula Thornton Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:48:32 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=3369#comment-234908 Great stuff Joe (and by inference as well, Bill). I've shared this with someone already. Great stuff Joe (and by inference as well, Bill). I’ve shared this with someone already.

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