Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 22, 2008

Today I participated in a Future Directions Forum at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum , which after 20 years in its current location is looking to the future. To provide some context, the Powerhouse is specifically branded as a science and design museum, implicitly being about technology and it's impact on people's lives. It's worth looking at the excellent online resources section of the Powerhouse Museum website, which provides value to many people who never visit the museum.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

MAY 5, 2008

At a recent industry event for publishers, I sat at a table with a number of agile development leaders and we discussed the ScrumMaster role. Do you have a dedicated ScrumMaster? For the most part, the answer came back as a ‘no’ for a number of philosophical and funding reasons. Agile practitioners love to talk about roles and responsibilities. You need a product owner, largely responsible for.

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Leveraging Organizational Knowledge

MAY 27, 2008

In an interesting twist, a Bethesda, MD firm has filed a suit in Federal court claiming that law firms who outsourcing their legal support services overseas could be jeopardizing their client confidentiality. This story was picked up by several news sources, including Law.com. The main point of contention is that once the data leaves the US, the privacy privileges we enjoy go out the water and even claims the US Government might go out of its way to run surveillance on the data: "It seeks this d

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Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge

MAY 19, 2008

I was thrilled today to see the long-awaited announcement of some packaged service offerings for SharePoint rolled out by Microsoft. The program is called SDPS, or SharePoint Deployment Planning Services , and it is being offered only by Microsoft Consulting Services and select partners who meet strict eligibility requirements (e.g., certifications in SharePoint and competencies in portals, collaboration, content management, search, etc.).

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Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.

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Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 22, 2008

I have long been interested in how collaboration technologies are applied in financial services, having come from a career largely at Merrill Lynch and Thomson Financial, and spent much time consulting to the instittutional financial services sector. A few years ago now I ran the Collaboration in Financial Services conferences in New York and London, and wrote a white paper on How Collaborative Technologies are Transforming Financial Services.

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Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 14, 2008

Recently the Future of Journalism conference was held in Sydney, run by the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance , the body that represents workers in media and entertainment, including journalists. One of the broadcast media channels which covered the event called me last week to get some ideas for their interviews with the keynote speakers at the conference.

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Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 28, 2008

I'm blogging belatedly about a conference I spoke at last week, the Legal IT Leadership Summit (LITLS), sponsored by Interwoven. This was my second time for this conference, and was a great chance to reconnect with old friends like Andy McAfee and Neil Araujo , and meet some new ones like Gordon Vala-Webb , Ben Kiker , and Doug Cornelius, whose KM Space blog I've added to my list of favorites.

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Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 27, 2008

The launch of Blogger in August 1999 opened the door to anyone and everyone creating media. Since then platforms to share writing, photos, video and more have enabled an extraordinary volume of content to be made available to the world. The media world has at least doubled in size this decade, adding many new content formats to the existing professionally produced media on channels such as TV, radio, magazines, and newspapers.

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Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 24, 2008

If ever there was an application that doesn't get the respect it deserves, it's the company directory. I've spent most of the last week talking with Socialtext customers and prospects about our new People and Dashboard features. The response has been overwhelmingly positive, which has been great to see. But in some ways it has been surprising. While some of the people I talk with are really engaged by "Web 2.0″ features of the offering (social networking, tagging, expert search, etc.), a lot

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Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 19, 2008

Microsoft's withdrawal from its bid for Yahoo! has hardly clarified the the tech landscape. In fact it has made the shape of the industry far more uncertain, as Microsoft mulls moves to shore up its future. Microsoft is one of the most financially successful companies on the planet. It anticipates operating income this year of over $26 billion, maintaining strong growth from the last few years (just $9 billion in 2004), making it arguably stronger than other highly profitable companies in financ

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Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 14, 2008

Here is an old (November 2, 2007) interview I did on SkyBusiness about social networks, examining both the industry landscape and how social networks can be valuable inside organizations. What I like best about this is that for much of the interview they had up a banner reading "Facebook And Other Social Networking Sites Can Be Beneficial For Corporations”, a message that business audiences, especially at the time, hadn't heard much before.

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Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 12, 2008

Download Chapter 4 of Living Networks on Emerging Technologies. Every chapter of Living Networks is being released on this blog as a free download, together with commentary and updated perspectives since its original publication in 2002. For the full Table of Contents and free chapter downloads see the Living Networks website or the Book Launch/ Preface to the Anniversary Edition.

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Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 11, 2008

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Montage of recent media coverage | Main | Living Networks - Chapter 4: Relationship Rules - Free Download and Commentary » Announcing the 2008 Top 100 Australian Web 2.0 Applications list – Launch is on 19 June Ross Dawson, May 11, 2008 3:38 PM US PT [UPDATE:] The final Top 100 list is now up.

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Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 10, 2008

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « MySpace embraces “data availability” – a major step forward to the Wide Open Web | Main | Montage of recent media coverage » Social networks open out – celebrating the last year’s change but “lots more work to be done” Ross Dawson, May 10, 2008 6:05 PM US PT In the last two days MySpace has announced Data Availability and Facebook launched Facebook

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Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.

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Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 8, 2008

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Laurie Lock Lee on Governance in an Networked World | Main | Social networks open out – celebrating the last year’s change but “lots more work to be done” » MySpace embraces “data availability” – a major step forward to the Wide Open Web Ross Dawson, May 8, 2008 3:20 PM US PT MySpace has just announced its Data Availability program, which includes a

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Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 7, 2008

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Thoughts from the Walkley Public Affairs conference | Main | Laurie Lock Lee on Governance in an Networked World » Living Networks - Chapter 3: The New Organization - Free Download and Commentary Ross Dawson, May 7, 2008 2:06 AM US PT Download Chapter 3 of Living Networks on Emerging Technologies Every chapter of Living Networks is being released on

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Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 7, 2008

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Living Networks - Chapter 3: The New Organization - Free Download and Commentary | Main | MySpace embraces “data availability” – a major step forward to the Wide Open Web » Laurie Lock Lee on Governance in an Networked World Ross Dawson, May 7, 2008 3:45 PM US PT Laurie Lock Lee is one of the top practitioners globally in network thinking.

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Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge

MAY 16, 2008

Oliver Marks has launched a new blog on ZD/Net called Collaboration 2.0. It looks like it is definitely worth adding to your subscription list.

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Leveraging Organizational Knowledge

MAY 5, 2008

James Todhunter did it again. He wrote a very good post to list the following " 5 pillars of sustainable innovation culture ": Executive Leadership Skills Development Innovation Infrastructure Network for Innovation Mentoring & Facilitation Internal Promotion The first one is indeed the most important as it is a prerequisite to the other four. I would add "Recognition & Reward for innovation".

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