ideas
1. Navigating the tangled web of Enterprise 2.0 enabled platforms is indeed an opportunity "to explore strange new worlds" in business... Enterprise 2.0 has been defined as "the application of Web 2.0 technologies to workers using network software within an organisation or business"
future
The old media model of the twentieth century was monolithic and based on a broadcast model. Large scale media players distributed a fixed series of products to a passive audience. In the twenty-first century we are seeing the beginnings of a new media model. The passive broadcast audience is fragmenting
ideas
The Headshift team is running a short event on the 23rd November, here in Sydney: A social business is one where we use the opportunities presented by new technologies to deliver business value - to reduce costs, increase effectiveness or mitigate risks. Come along to this presentation to discuss a
future
These are some thoughts that I presented at the AMP Social Media Cafe in Sydney on 11 November 2010, the slides and references follow below. The future of shopping is social. But that is nothing new – shopping has always been social. The difference is that now we are seeing social
ideas
It has been fascinating to watch the consumer and media response to the recent increase of interest rates above the Reserve Bank rate by the Commonwealth Bank. Many have expressed their opinion that the Commonwealth Bank is destroying its brand by such a callous action. But this view ignores the
management & leadership
Recently I noted several large businesses announcing proudly they had adopted Agile development techniques - for example Suncorp, NBN Co, Allianz, Jemena. There is a pattern to the adoption of a new methodology within an organisation. I have lived through the adoption of a number of new methodologies over the
education
I've never been a big online game player (the third world bandwidth here in Australia has been enough to discourage many like me). But, having observed the development of online games and the gamer communities since the early days of the internet, I can see clearly that this
social computing & social media
Yesterday I attended a fascinating session hosted by the Bay Area Executives Meetup on the topic of the The Future of Games: enterprises, education, social + more. The session was conducted via CISCO Public TelePresence Suites, WebEx, Livestream, Twitter - with attendees from all around the world (Santa Clara, CA, San
ideas
The next Social Innovation BarCamp is on and the theme is sustainable design! Click here to REGISTER NOW When: Saturday 6 November 2010 Time: 9.30 am – 5.30 pm Where: COFA Paddington, Cnr of Oxford St and Greens Rd, Paddington, NSW 2021 [map] You can also follow on Twitter
ideas
Much of the digital marketing I see is a bit tragic. Tragic for the businesses who are investing hard won income into campaigns that might not deliver a return on investment. Some of it seems like self-indulgent twaddle done by creative types for their own amusement. Other times it seems
ideas
Over the years I worked as a senior manager in large organisations and, more recently, as an educator and business coach for senior managers across private and government organisations. A fascinating phenomenon that comes up in all of those places is, what I've come to call, "the
ideas
In business school we all learned to use the same analytical tools - S.W.O.T., P.E.S.T., P.E.S.T.E.L., BCG Growth Share Analysis, Competitor Analysis, Porter's 5 Forces, etc. But at dinner the other night, while chatting to some "