2013 As the term “Social Business” become more prevalent, there is naturally some confusion about what the term exactly means. In my opinion, the term only has a temporary meaning, since business in my opinion has always been and always will be ‘social’. However, we are now at a juncture where there are some interesting Read more
2013 When the topic of discussion is Social Business, it is almost inevitable that the term ‘Community’ will also be mentioned. There was a time when the terms were almost used synonymously. You see people breaking away from the ‘community’ pack now, increasingly talking about ‘social business’ instead. I was wondering why the term ‘community’ Read more
2013 On Quora there was a question that was phrased rather interestingly – to paraphrase – “Given that the world’s systems are becoming more intelligent – how should an enterprise become a social business”? My answer follows: I would have to start by asking which “world systems” you mean, since there are so many kinds Read more
2013 Over the course of my career I have had the opportunity to experience and work with a wide number of different approaches to IT-driven innovation in the enterprise. Each new wave brought with it a richer understanding of the enterprise. The process dimension was perhaps the first that required a substantial revision in one’s Read more
March 8, 2013 I came across this post by Idrees Mootee on his blog. It is his response to a blog post by Peter Kim of Dachis. I read through Peter’s post, and while I might differ on how I would express what he says, I agree with several of his arguments. A good Social Read more
March 8, 2013 There is a heartening trend I notice, where people are stepping off populist soapboxes and starting to look at the true implications of Social Technologies on the Enterprise. This blog post I came across by Boris Pluskowski, affirms that notion. I am not sure about predictions, and whether these things will come Read more
March 8, 2013 The title of my post takes from an articlein the Economist. When I saw the post in my Facebook newsfeed, I thought I was going to get some insight into what MIT had discovered were the secrets to innovation. The article begins with this quote by Susan Hockfield, the president of MIT. Read more
March 8, 2013 The maturity of an enterprise is always related to a Practice. Just as the original notion of maturity came from Software Development, in the case of the Social Enterprise, it should be linked to the ability of an enterprise to leverage the new models in business practices. Here are a list of Read more
March 8, 2013 There are certain timeless truths to the Enterprise – a desire to sustainable achieve its purpose, in an atmosphere of constant change and uncertainty. Another timeless truth has to do with the fact that Innovation provides a distinctive advantage. We continue to learn more about what makes enterprises function better, the psychology Read more