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Social Business Starts With Leaders Connecting Socially To Employees

One of the huge benefits that social media (still) has going for it is that it still feels very intimate. Some people complain that social media dilutes...

0 replies - 713 views - 04/02/13 by Steve Farnsworth in Articles

The technology conversation we’re not having

‘Integration’ is the conversation we’re not having. In Big Data is Distracting Us from the Real Conversation yesterday by TIBCO CTO Matt Quinn, the...

0 replies - 606 views - 03/31/13 by Christopher Taylor in Articles

Webscale means having time-based architectures

In an interesting piece yesterday, GigaOM reported that Netflix has an architecture built around timelines. This struck home for a guy who spends a great...

0 replies - 1780 views - 03/30/13 by Christopher Taylor in Articles

The simple reason most intranets fail

I’ve written on this blog and elsewhere about 6 things to expect from your intranet, why traditional intranets fail today's knowledge workers, what...

0 replies - 1158 views - 03/28/13 by Oscar Berg in Articles

Using social business to hunt the future

“The future has already happened, it’s just unequally distributed.”William GibsonIf anyone should know about predicting the future, you’d think it...

0 replies - 923 views - 03/28/13 by Adi Gaskell in Articles

Social Business – Going from Qualitative to Quantitative

In many organizations social business seems like a qualitative exercise. They think, “We need to do this because it will make our organization work better...

0 replies - 656 views - 03/28/13 by Steve Farnsworth in Articles

Rosetta Stone are translating social business into social success

Whilst the early days of social media usage saw companies chasing somewhat false prophets, such as more followers or likes, the social business movement...

0 replies - 966 views - 03/27/13 by Adi Gaskell in Articles

How valuable is a shorter commute to your company?

Earlier this year Yahoo! caused an online storm when they requested that all employees come into the office to work.  The request effectively banned...

0 replies - 660 views - 03/27/13 by Adi Gaskell in Articles

There’s a technology tsunami hitting the world of commerce

I had a great chance this week to catch up with a friend from Venture Beat about my thoughts on what’s revolutionizing our world in this moment. While...

0 replies - 634 views - 03/26/13 by Christopher Taylor in Articles

Using social business to build an adaptable organisation

“We should not try to design a better world. We should try to make better feedback loops” – Owen Barder For much of the industrial age we have been...

0 replies - 774 views - 03/26/13 by Adi Gaskell in Articles

Social is a Custom Business

Last month I had the very enjoyable experience of having a suit “made to measure”. Wait, read first. It was not more expensive than a (good) retail suit...

0 replies - 1028 views - 03/26/13 by Rogier Noort in Articles

Assorted social business links

Some social business related reading to start your week below from the likes of Wired and the Economist. Mastering the social business Darpa envisions the...

0 replies - 566 views - 03/25/13 by Adi Gaskell in Articles

If you don’t embrace mobile your business will remain forever stuck

Here are some interesting numbers from a variety of sources. 70% of all mobile searches result in action within 1 hour. 70% of online searches result in...

0 replies - 845 views - 03/25/13 by Christopher Taylor in Articles

IBM aim to bring email into their social business

IBM are widely regarded as a market leader in the social business industry.  This week they sought to solidify that position with an improvement to...

0 replies - 972 views - 03/25/13 by Adi Gaskell in Articles

Who Needs a Head Office?

Some years ago I was in a meeting with the marketing coordinator of a local office of Rabobank, one of the three big Dutch banks. They wanted to know more...

0 replies - 737 views - 03/24/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles