Rise of the networked enterprise: Web 2.0 finds its payday - McKinsey Quarterly - Organization - Strategic Organization. Every new technology has its skeptics.
In the 1980s, many observers doubted that the broad use of information technologies such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) to remake processes would pay off in productivity improvements—indeed, the economist Robert Solow famously remarked, “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.” Today, that sentiment has gravitated to Web 2.0 technologies. Management is trying to understand if they are a passing fad or an enduring trend that will underwrite a new era of better corporate performance. Podcast The rise of the networked enterprise: Web 2.0 finds its payday McKinsey Global Institute senior fellow Michael Chui discusses how leaders can prepare for the new business environment as well as the latest results from McKinsey’s survey of global executives on their use of Web 2.0.
New McKinsey research shows that a payday could be arriving faster than expected. Systems of Engagement and the Future of Enterprise IT: A Sea Change in Enterprise IT. In the Age of Facebook, organizations must redefine how they think about information management, control, and governance in order to deal with social technologies.
In this AIIM White Paper, Geoffrey Moore, author of Crossing the Chasm and Managing Director, TCG Advisors, examines the fundamental revolution underway in enterprise IT brought about by ubiquitous Internet access, the proliferation of powerful mobile computing devices, and the consumerization of IT. This report compares and contrasts existing Systems of Record – those tools, repositories, and systems upon which organizations have built their business processes for the last several decades – with Systems of Engagement. These tools overlay and complement organizations deep investments in systems of record by providing Web-based access, usability across a variety of hardware and software platforms, and cross-organizational collaboration. In the report, Moore addresses these important questions: Systems of Engagement and the Future of Enterprise IT: A Sea Change in Enterprise IT. Social Business Intelligence: Powering the Future of Business « Dachis Group Collaboratory.
“Mama Said Knock You Out” - LL Cool J While I founded the company several months earlier, this week marks 3 years since I announced the formation of Dachis Group.
To put things in perspective: Over the last 17 years, I’ve been fortunate to have the opportunity to work with some of the world’s most talented professionals for some of the largest companies in the world helping to pioneer the nascent digital communications field we know today. I’ve been lucky enough to be able to play a small role in helping shape the way businesses navigate the most profound and exciting shift in the communications landscape in the history of mankind. That’s OK. Throughout the span of that time period, I have been un-wavering in my belief that the most exciting times are ahead of us and that these dramatic shifts we have seen over the past decade and a half have only been the precursors to the even more profound set of changes we have yet to see.
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