Kategorie: English language articles
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“It is clear the era of military style ‚command and control‘ is dead“ – CEO’s in IBM study
Excellent summary! As part of my ongoing effort to share insights from this IBM study of CEO’s, it is clear the era of military style “command and control” is dead. … CEO’s need some degree of control – to enforce regulatory compliance, drive standardization and avoid waste, but beyond that CEO’s believe a trend toward…
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Transparency – Realistic Promise or Social Business Illusion?
Transparency is widely touted as one of the major benefits of social business. It is supposed to help preserve knowledge, lay out facts and figures clearly to all, and reveal problems so they can be solved. Transparency, it is promised – at times explicitly, at others more implicitly – has the power to change many…
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Lancalot: The Brain is the new Desktop
An interesting initiative by Martin Meyer-Gossner and Dirk Ploss on the future of work and on crowdsourcing. Here are their 14 fourteen grassroots thesis: The brain is the new desktop. The desktop needs a barrier-free space. Co-working frees and stimulates the open mindset. Knowledge transfer asks for WiFi, the Cloud, a phone and a clever…
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How to be German in 20 easy steps
Adam Fletcher, Startup Hipster and honorary German, shares his insights into the top tips to becoming a real citizen of Schland. Just remember to obey the red man and get some qualifications… This design is available as poster, t-shirt and bag in the Hipstery Store. via How to be German in 20 easy steps –…
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New IBM study on Social Business: Fundamental Changes in Internal and External Communication
In the past few years, social media and changes in cultural behavior have had an enormous influence – not just on the American presidential elections but on our private lives, politics and the whole of society. It has become clear that these changes are also highly significant for businesses and for the economy in general.…
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IBM developerWorks: Empower your Customers to help themselves
Believe it or not: People like to help each other. People like to show their expertise. Give them the environment to do so and it can save you time and money. Take IBM developerWorks as an example of a vital network, of an outstanding Customer Self Service community powered by social – and the people:…
