Policy. Cases. Portals and KM. Jane McConnell, Netstrategy/JMC, has recently published her excellent annual report, The Digital Workplace in the Connected Organization. Jane conducted her 8th annual survey of organizations and had 314 respondents. It was first done in 2006 and is a comprehensive and highly useful document for anyone working in digital media within the enterprise. I was pleased to receive a review copy of this valuable document. The report can be purchased online at this site. The 198 page report goes into great detail on the findings and how they impact the organization. Jane begins by pointing out that, “the digital workplace is much more than technology. In addition, new processes such as crowd-sourcing, “Internal crowd-sourcing is now deployed enterprise-wide in over half the Early Adopters who report “transformational” or “significant” impact on their organization.”
Successful early adopters are operating within an open and participatory leadership model. Wrubens's business and web2.0 Bookmarks on Delicious. The state of Enterprise 2.0 | Enterprise Web 2.0 | ZDNet.com. Industry analysts, CIOs, and business leaders around the world are continuing to try to read the industry tea leaves in 2007 when it comes to the subject of Enterprise 2.0, the increasingly popular discussion of using Web 2.0 platforms in the workplace. The primary topic of interest? Whether Enterprise 2.0 brings real bang for the buck by making the daily work of organizations measurably more productive, efficient, and innovative. Investors and executives are just not going to make significant bets on Enterprise 2.0 in terms of resources and risk exposure without good information on the likely returns of implementation.
However, increasing evidence abounds that Enterprise 2.0 adoption has begun in earnest with a typical example being Wells Fargo taking the plunge, having rolled out Enterprise 2.0 platforms to 160,000 workers. It has become clear that we're moving out of the early pioneer phase to a broader acceptance phase. Enterprise 2.0 redux The state of Enterprise 2.0 - Fall 2007. Six ways to make Web 2.0 work - The McKinsey Quarterly - Six way. Technologies known collectively as Web 2.0 have spread widely among consumers over the past five years.
Social-networking Web sites, such as Facebook and MySpace, now attract more than 100 million visitors a month. As the popularity of Web 2.0 has grown, companies have noted the intense consumer engagement and creativity surrounding these technologies. Many organizations, keen to harness Web 2.0 internally, are experimenting with the tools or deploying them on a trial basis. Podcast Six ways to make Web 2.0 work Over the past two years, McKinsey has studied more than 50 early adopters to garner insights into successful efforts to use Web 2.0 as a way of unlocking participation. Some historical perspective is useful. Web 2.0 covers a range of technologies. Earlier technologies often required expensive and lengthy technical implementations, as well as the realignment of formal business processes. Gains from participation Management imperatives for unlocking participation 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.