Enterprise 2.0 correspondence

On 7/23/06, Eli Singer < *** @primus.ca> wrote:
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> Hey Thomas, people were really buzzing at my office about Enterprise 2.0
> (Brent went, did you meet him?)
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> Anyways, I’m super curious about how it went. Drop me a line or give me a
> call. Haven’t seen anything on your blog…
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> Cheers!
> ES
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>
> Eli Singer | m: 416.xxx.2322 | http://www.singer.to

Enterprise 2.0 went great! thanks for asking. Only just now got to do a quick blog post after being tied up all weekend. It’s an idea whose time has definitely come. there’s almost no big business out there (or even small business for that matter) that couldn’t do with better connected employees. and the crowd there really seemed to get that.
The ongoing question though is still the challenge and technique of making the leap from the promise of it to the actualization… and the capturing of value. Two of really open questions left from this evening included how does one quantify the value created? and what are the minimum set of tools required to realize benefits? Will it ultimately be about providing an integrated platform of social media tools ? or can enterprises get away with mixing and matching?

There’s also a debate about the trade offs (how much productivity do I gain versus lose in taking time to read and author internal postings/blogs/chats etc.) an interesting replied raised by DebHartmann (the agile consultant) about the idea of businesses learning to let go of efficiency and embracing effectiveness.

in any case, it’s exciting times and we’re just at the cusp of it. The next step is to start taking the conversation to the next higher level and engaging more of the business and academic audience. stay tuned, and let me know when the next casecamp is coming up!

your friend,
tom.