November 2010
9 Indicators of Growing Networks
Here are 9 simple indicators of network growth, to this purpose. They become both indicators and strategies for the intentional growth of existing networks.
People in the network gain broader and deeper awareness of the available assets in the network
People in the network gain broader and deeper awareness of potential new collaborators and co-conspirators in the network
People in the network...
Architects, Corporate Chiropractors, Social... →
A blog post I wrote today!
Watch@Mentionmap - pretty cool!
Winners Of The 2010 Forrester Groundswell Awards... →
5 Principles for Improving Social Enterprise...
Adoption remains a hot topic for everyone implementing social media in the enterprise. Getting people to actually use the tools once they’ve been purchased can be a bigger challenge than the process of purchasing and deploying an enterprise-grade system.
Scott Ryser is the CEO of Yakabod, an enterprise 2.0 vendor that has been mostly focused on bringing social media to the US intelligence...
Awesome skate video! →
Why Social Business IS NOT Facebook for the Enterprise Two days ago, Jive CEO Tony Zingale spoke at the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Santa Clara. His main message to the audience was that Facebook, while a great social platform that changed how we interact in our personal lives, is not the right social *business* strategy. This is a topic of huge importance to me, as my mission as head of...
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Social Business or Enterprise 2.0?
I bring this up to make one point: the idea of a ‘social business,’ a hive mind guided by open leadership marshaling people, process, and technology, is not new. It’s been around for 80 years, and has been studied intently throughout that time. In contrast, Enterprise 2.0, which I’ve defined as the use of emergent social software platforms by organizations in pursuit of their goals, is a novel...
The 3 essentials of management
Management’s Little Black Dress: Essential Practices for Leaders - Raffaella Sadun - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review
The essentials of management
We matched our management data on over 10,000 firms to public and private accounting data, which enabled us to identify the management practices, were associated with success. We found three key essentials of good management
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“Simplify your message and you increase the chances it will be remembered (vastly...”
– Simplify
“Let’s give this a little context. In five years: Will the flow of information in...”
– The Seismic Shift in the Enterprise
“Our strategic relationship with Jive enables us to offer a comprehensive...”
– Mark Bean, Managing Director, C7 Group
“So I inferred from our discussion that Enterprise 2.0 is no longer perceived as...”
– A Sea Change?
“If you have fans or followers or customers, no matter what you do, you’ll...”
– Seth Godin
Promote Many Opportunities
So, what should a PMO do for agile projects? Well the good news is it should perform exactly the same roles as it aims to provide for traditional projects, but applied to the game of agile projects.
1. Monitor and control project performance – track velocity, track team and sponsor satisfaction ratings, look for dangerous velocity trends, check backlog size, monitor iteration and release plans.
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“Research suggests the strong correlation between successful communities and the...”
– Jive Community: Jive Talks: Community Managers. Why Do You Need Them? What Do They Do?
“So I inferred from our discussion that Enterprise 2.0 is no longer perceived as...”
– A Sea Change?
“As an executive, you know your success and that of your business depends on your...”
– Driving Measurable Improvements in Business Performance | C7 Group
“Firms that lack leaders with social media skills are often tempted to outsource...”
– Social Media’s Leadership Challenges - Quy Huy and Andrew Shipilov - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review