by Paula Thornton
August 31, 2009 at 3:35 pm
· Filed under Enterprise 2.0
A recent post titled “Enterprise 2.0: What a Crock“, by Dennis Howlett, initiated a flurry of responses-as-posts.
I’m enjoying all of the perspectives. In the interest of timeliness, I’m including a quote or two. I’ll leave the rest to you.
From @gyehuda “Denial is a River Full of Crocks”
“Dennis is correct. If your E2.0 guru is describing coattails, then reject it. I don’t believe in false idols either. [But] Enterprise 2.0 does not prescribe that all organization must transform themselves into social guilds.”
From @niallcook “Is Enterprise 2.0 a Crock?”
“Yes, Enterprise 2.0 is a label. So was Groupware. Remember that? New things will always be given labels by the people trying to educate the market. Get over it.
So is Enterprise 2.0 trying to solve a problem? No. Because it’s just a label. Is it a thing you can go and buy? No. Because it’s just a label. Is it going to change the world? No. Because… you get the idea.”
From @shel “The Real-World Work of Enterprise 2.0”
“While Howlett rails that most people ‘just want to get things done with whatever the best tech they can get their hands on,’ P&G saw the potential for social tools to allow ‘users to create value beyond their usual circles.’”
From @oscarberg “Enterprise 2.0 is a Process not a Solution”
I haven’t yet worked out a position about ‘process’. Right now, I’m not in agreement in the use of the term, but I still have to figure out why I used to think it was relevant and now not.
“You might agree or disagree on this point, but nevertheless I think it is safe to say that Enterprise 2.0 since long has got a life of its own, independent of the person who originally coined it. It is up to us together to fill it with purpose.”
From @mikelafleur: “The Problem Enterprise 2.0 is Trying to Solve”
“If the sole purpose of Enterprise 2.0 was to enable social networking in the business environment, then it would be difficult to come up with a compelling reason to implement it in the current economic environment. But this is a simplistic view of Enterprise 2.0. Enterprise 2.0 is far more than creating communities; while the definition is still evolving, at its root Enterprise 2.0 conceptual and technological framework which provides agile and adaptable collaboration and information sharing combined with integration of enterprise data, presented to the user in one interface.”
From @chieftech “The Nonsense of Enterprise 2.0”
“Similarly there is a lot of truth to Howlett’s call for Enterprise 2.0 to step up and come clean, but on the other hand I think he is mistaken in thinking that Enterprise 2.0 is a solution looking for a problem.
[The] most important feature of Enterprise 2.0 that many people still don’t get is the concept of emergence. Emergence isn’t about creating social chaos inside organisations. Instead its about taking an abundance approach to IT using Web 2.0 technology that allow users to create their own solutions with few constraints or penalties for wastage. And this is why Howlett gets it all wrong. As faddish as it sounds, Enterprise 2.0 isn’t a solution – it actually describes an IT paradigm shift.”
The latter sounds a lot like my position in a recent ZDNet guest post “Debunking Enterprise 2.0 Failure”
“Enterprise 2.0’s true potential is to facilitate a paradigm shift that fundamentally changes operating models and leverages the existing reality of work.”
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Make it 7: a great response from @amcafee http://andrewmcafee.org/2009/09/e20-is-a-crock-discuss/
Stuart: Yes, thanks for that add. I’d seen it and mentioned it elsewhere, but failed to PS here. Thanks for covering that!
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ffblogAugust 31st, 2009 at 3:35 pm |
New Post “6 Crockalicious Posts” http://bit.ly/kfzQl
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“6 Crockalicious Posts” http://twurl.nl/hlxtyu featuring @gyehuda @niallcook @shel @oscarberg @mikelafleur @chieftech
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DrNoooAugust 31st, 2009 at 4:45 pm |
6 Crockalicious Posts http://bit.ly/iiDgD (via feedly)
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Thanks @rotkapchen for handy “Crockalicious” post http://bit.ly/1lzFUg Excellent sampling of diverse perspectives. Good on ya!
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RT @mpbennett: Thanks for handy “Crockalicious” post http://bit.ly/1lzFUg Excellent sampling of diverse perspectives. Good on ya!
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lammiiaSeptember 1st, 2009 at 5:21 am |
Quite a discussion initiated by “Enterprise 2.0: What a Crock“! 6 Crockalicious Posts http://bit.ly/hhyDl
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lammiiaSeptember 1st, 2009 at 7:41 am |
@mikelafleur 6 Crockalicious Posts http://bit.ly/hhyDl links to interesting opinions about E2.0.
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The FASTForward Blog » 6 Crockalicious Posts: Enterprise 2.0 Blog: News, Coverage, and Commentary: Highlights an.. http://bit.ly/CbpoD
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Thanks so much Luis – your excitement and positive forecast mean so much, coming from someone who’s been so immersed in KM and collaboration for so long. Out of respect, I’m not checking the notification option above (re: followup via email) and will come back to discuss anything further here!
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Hi Kate! You are most welcome! Thanks a lot for the kind feedback and for dropping by! I have been quiet over the last couple of days since I have posted this entry, more than anything else, because I have been doing plenty of reading on the various reactions this acquisition has sparked and I am really excited about it all, because generally speaking they are all very positive indicating how the game has changed for good in this space of 2.0.
And just simply getting things moving along already with a new wave of thinking moving away from traditional labels like Enterprise 2.0 into Social Business Design, which, imo, is right on the money: i.e. changing the way businesses operate by helping them become human again while getting the job done!
Like I said, placing the focus where it should have been all along… Not on the tools, not on the processes, although both of them are important as well, but on the people themselves as the main drivers of that transformational corporate change. Can’t wait!!
Congratulations once again and surely look forward to further conversations with you all!
(PS. Amazing to see how many folks of the new Dachis Group, after Headshift’s acquisition, I have been following all along! … Privileged!)
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Hi Luis..really like the quote ” Yet, as we know, most companies have come to accept an overly bureaucratic, process-heavy high-cost model of doing business as the norm. They need credible partners who can operate across technology, organisational design and business analysis to help meet this challenge, not just evangelists or technology vendors. That’s our role.”
May be on Blue IQ CALLS,we can emphasize on this role bit further. It is a profound statement to be in the role of a credible buisness partner operating across Technology, OD and business analysis.. ! it would be nice to do some education in Blue IQ around this. Your thoughts ?
Thanks !
Ruchi Bhatia
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Hi Ruchi! Appreciated the great commentary and the follow up! Yes, I agree with you that it would be quite an interesting uptake for BlueIQ to follow that road and, funny enough, it’s happening already by partnering with a number of different parts of the org. dealing right into the details of shaping up our business relationships with our clients, but also internally with different connections established and well under way, amongst them the CIO group… As more details become available, I will surely be sharing further insights… For now check the internal BlueIQ Media Library space and look at the call replay for August. Right on target of what you have just mentioned above
Thanks again for dropping by and for the feedback comments! Greatly appreciated!
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Enterprise 2.0 is a Crock responses: http://tinyurl.com/ldf6pb, http://tinyurl.com/mcmzzv, http://tinyurl.com/m3pju4 Thx @immunity! #e2conf
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Enterprise 2.0 is a Crock responses: http://tinyurl.com/ldf6pb, http://tinyurl.com/mcmzzv, http://tinyurl.com/m3pju4 Thx http://url4.eu/NjOC
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RT @enterprisetwo:Enterprise 2.0 is a Crock responses: http://tinyurl.com/ldf6pb, http://tinyurl.com/mcmzzv, http://tinyurl.com/m3pju4 T …
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Great post Luis! I especially love the quote for Lee Bryant. It continues to boggle my mind that seasoned business executives stumble into the same traps and are slow to embrace a critical transformational opportunity. It is time to leap into the 21st century or risk being left in the dust. Companies will not be able to survive the future without solid collaboration both inside & outside its four walls.
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