Comments on: Who said implementing Enterprise 2.0 was easy?

By: Sean Lew

Sean Lew — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:31 +0000

Mate, you got it spot on. That’s one of the key questions organisations need to ask themselves before they embark on this exciting web 2.0 journey. I must say alot of organisations just jump into Web 2.0 and “test the waters” but it really doesn’t work that way and you are absolutely correct in transparency and open conversation.

By: sid

sid — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:53:38 +0000

No doubts about the fact taht Web 2.0 can definitely help or I would love to rephrase it to say – Collaboration / sharing / openness can help.

I myself strongly believe in the power of collaboration. web2.0 gives us tools and platforms to take our collaboration to next level. It helps us connect where connections might not be possible in physical world

What i am trying to say is that there are companies that believe in sharing and then there are that simply dont … organizations are social networks however many of them still hesitate to share.

If certain organization doesnt believe in transparency and openess, do you believe web2.0 tools can help? I think for such an org Mike’s change strategist will have one more step even before choosing the tool he will have to convince them on the benefits of collaboration.

I think first question enterprise has to ask is – are we transparent and courageous enough to start open conversation.

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By: Sean Lew

Sean Lew — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:10:01 +0000

@Mike, I totally know where you are coming from. =)

@Sid, Thanks for your compliments. Really appreciate it. Yeah, its all about the culture and attitude. However, I do not believe that if an organization is inherently not interested in sharing and collaboration the Web 2.0 would not help.

First of all, alot of us have a certain way of how sharing and collaboration works – the way Wikipedia, facebook and Linux works. However, there are really alot more to such kinds of sharing and collaboration. If you look the nature of a firm, a firm is a social network and teams share and collaborate. The only difference now is that we are moving online! So there is a place for Web 2.0 in organisations – its a matter of identifying it.

Cheers.

By: sid

sid — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:41:30 +0000

First on this post –

1. Web 2.0 i snot about technology or tools. It has more to do with the attitude and culture of organization. If your organization is inherently not interested in sharing and collaboration no tools or technology can help you.

2. You said it right when you said that it has lifecycle around it and its not as simple as giving them the tools. Teach them what is collaboration and why the need to share and then show them the tools that make it easy for them.

I have been reading your blog for quiet some time now, its neat! keep up the good work

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:27:36 +0000

Unfortunately that is a valid perspective from a IT Architect’s perspective, as their concern surrounds more on the fact that software is a “tool”, and that the job is to get the tool into the system for people to use.

To make the equation complete, change strategist will need to get involved once the “tool” is in place to get people in the community to use it