Yesterday a blog post from JP Rangaswami got me thinking about the increasing value of an honest recommendation. Today a LinkedIn post by danah boyd got me thinking (a little bit more) about the future of work and some blurring lines (and also about what a dream job would look like!). Combined, they also got … Continue reading »
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Stowe Boyd on why the future of work is cooperative
As I’ve shared here before, about a week ago I participated in the Social Now event where I got the opportunity to finally meet face-to-face Stowe Boyd, one of the best thinkers about the future of businesses and work. Stowe did the closing keynote of the event and if you want a summary & tweetable … Continue reading »
Reflections after Social Now: incremental or transformational?
Another year, another invitation to participate in the experts panel at Social Now, another great opportunity to meet smart people and discuss the future of businesses and work. This pretty much sums up the last few days I’ve spent in Lisbon at the event organised by my friend, and “gardener of change”, Ana Neves. With … Continue reading »
The art of work across different cultures
Working on a multinational company I know the challenge, and art required, in making different work styles come together towards a common organization and purpose. Culture – both country-specific culture and local company culture – counts. A lot! Language provides all sorts of “lost in translation” moments (some funnier than others). You learn that humor … Continue reading »
E20 Summit: the challenges of enabling the digital workplace
The Enterprise 2.0 Summit that took place last week in Paris featured a series of discussion panels dedicated to debating key concepts and challenges around the E2.0 theme. I was invited to participate in the panel entitled “Digital Workplace Framework”, aiming to shed some light on the building blocks & framework of the digital workplace, … Continue reading »
Enterprise 2.0 Summit 2013 in 5 keywords
The magnificent city of Paris received once again the Enterprise 2.0 Summit, one of the most important events on E2.0 and Social Business. A crowd of practitioners, consultants and some vendor-related folks gathered during two days to share experiences and discuss the current state and future of the transformation of business in a connected world. … Continue reading »
A look at Digital Workplace Trends in 2013
It is an exciting time for digital practitioners and 2013 promises to be a turning point for many organizations. The digital workplace concept is gaining momentum as organizations are beginning to realize that work is fundamentally changing This is one of the opening quotes that can be found in the Digital Workplace Trends Report 2013 … Continue reading »
Social Learning in Organizations and the role of HR
I’ve been following Harold Jarche’s writing since mid 2012. I’d come across his Twitter handle some times in my timeline, through my network’s retweets, but it was only after someone I admire recommending him that I started paying more attention to his work. When Harold tweeted this week that he would be conducting a free … Continue reading »
The importance of digital literacy in social tools adoption
(updated in the afternoon of the 2nd Feb. 2013 as I remembered an interesting element from the Apollo Research institute on the future of work and a manifesto from the European Union on e-skills. New update on the 11th Feb. 2013 to include links to relevant material from Stowe Boyd and McKinsey Quarterly) I wanted … Continue reading »
Serendipity, discoverability and The Power of Pull
(homepage photo by @atibens on Flickr) Those that have accompanied my writing in recent years know that I love the concept of serendipity. I write about it often, did a presentation about it and gave a talk on the subject: As I shared in that talk, my interest on the topic is due not only … Continue reading »
