Kategorie: English language articles

Social Media contributes – On the value of Relational Work

One of the most common forms of invisible work is ‘relational work‘ — all that effort we put into creating, sustaining and transforming relationships. This social, psychological, interpersonal, and emotional work is critical to our ability to contribute to the bottom line in an organization. … Social Media brings into the light the invisible work…

28/01/2011
Who Will Win the Android vs. iPhone Race? – eMarketer

via emarketer.com Again US numbers only: iPhone and Android head to head with RIM being a strong #3.

27/01/2011
Your Telephone Directory of the future is a Social Network | Portal Solutions Blog

1. Profiles: Facebook, Twitter, About.me, LinkedIn and so on have made HUGE shifts in building out the profiles within their sites. This is something I have been a big proponent of for a long time with Social Business Software (SBS) and products like Lotus Connections and Jive have always done a nice job helping users…

27/01/2011
How do I introduce Social in Business? Need for a Hitchhikers Guide to Social Business?

I like this posting from Rawn Shah on Forbes very much. Rawn lists all the different vendors offering Social Business and Collaboration services, from the Business software stack vendors to new cloud and mobile offerings. But it is more: However, it’s important to see that social business is not simply a software one. It is…

25/01/2011
Social in Supply Chain Management | Constellation Research

Social is the most recent development in supply chains and in our opinion the one factor which will most differentiate the performance of both end user operations and IT products over the next several years. The application of social networking based technologies in the supply chain will be at a number of different levels including…

23/01/2011
The End of the Middle Manager – Harvard Business Review

Attitudes toward management have also changed. As my research makes clear, Gen Y workers see no value in reporting to someone who simply keeps track of what they do, when much of that can be done by themselves, their peers, or a machine. What they do value is mentoring and coaching from someone they respect.…

21/01/2011