Collaborative Innovation by John Seely Brown

Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation

• If you think Enterprise 2.0 is Facebook behind the firewall, this is not for you
• If you copy Social Networking features into your E 2.0 solution without knowing why, this is not for you
• If you put technology before people, this is not for you
• If Culture is not part of your Enterprise 2.0 Strategy, this is not for you

How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion

This presentation is almost an hour long, but it is well worth the small investment of time.  This is not just a few golden nuggets of wisdom, it’s a goldmine of information you can use right now.

John take us on a wonderful journey in the world of innovation and shows us what extreme surfing and World of Warcraft can teach the enterprise.  I encourage you to watch the whole video. If you just want to catch the SOA & Cloud Computing stuff then fast forward about 30 minutes.

(You may want to have a notebook handy for this one)

Learn more about Enterprise 2.0

The Enterprise 2.0 Conference Boston is happening right now.  Their theme is Collaborative technologies accelerate information flow to drive revenue and productivity.  You can get video streams and more informaiton on their site.  You can also fish for wisdom in this Twitter Stream #e2conf

Tags: Change, Collective Intelligence, Enterprise 2.0, Innovation, SOA, strategy

Enterprise Business Intelligence and Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Strategy in Organizations

Applying the basic concepts of Web 2.0 strategies in your organization along with taking advantage of crowdsourcing (internally and externally) are keys to business intelligence.  Using your intranet and the internet as platforms to create relationships with people and things will allow you to harness collective intelligence to improve business performance.  The fundamental concepts of the internet operating system can be applied to intranets to improve the intelligence Enterprise 2.0 solutions.

State of the Internet Operating System

Tim O’Reilly explains the “State of the Internet Operating System” in this video from the San Francisco, CA Web 2.0 Expo in 2010.  “Inventing for the Future” is the key message behind this video.  I also captured 8 steps for applying a Web 2.0 Strategy in your Organization, as a quick video summary.

8 Steps to Go From Good to Great

Web 2.0 Strategy for Your Organization

1. Invent for the Future
2. Don’t take openness for granted
3. Enable others
4. Leverage knowledge
5. Strengthen your data with Social Graph
6. The Thing Graph matters too
7. Become useful to others
8. Create more value than you capture

“…it takes a web of cooperating species to create a truly rich environment” ~Tim O’Reilly #quote

In that video, Tim talked about the “Social Graph” and the “Thing Graph”.  You can learn how to start creating your own “Thing Graph” in my previous article “Enterprise 2.0 Adoption Patterns: Collective Intelligence“.  There are some simple steps to review in the section titled, “Improving the Intelligence of Enterprise 2.0 Platforms”.  These simple mods are a quick way to get started, but should be done in the SOA frame of mind.  You can discover some simple steps on how to get started with “Social Graph” in this previous article “Game Theory for Enterprise 2.0 Adoption“.  These are the simple steps to the discovery of “Collective Intelligence”.

The Real Business Reason for Enterprise 2.0

Collective Intelligence

The world is a web of people and things that create the collective intelligence of life.  Understanding these relationships is the fundamental experience while discovering your purpose.  Understanding why these relationships exist is the key to unlocking the door to emergent technologies and prediction markets.  Collective Intelligence is like a gigantic brain that’s created through the collaboration of many.  Systems and Apps for analyzing collective intelligence related to your business is the real reason for Enterprise 2.0.

Andy McAfee, author and management science guru, weighs in on the importance and value of collective intelligence in the enterprise.

Tags: Collective Intelligence, Enterprise 2.0, Gov 2.0, SOA, Web 2.0

The Future of the Enterprise

Putting the Enterprise 2.0 Budget on a Diet

The future of Enterprise 2.0 looks brighter every day.  Organizations are identifying adoption patterns and putting them into practice.  The web is filled with stories on how organizations and governments have used a Web 2.0 Strategy to improve collaboration and communication.  We are also seeing a healthy trend of more interest in Business Intelligence (BI) Apps.  There are many Business Intelligence apps available for the Apple iPhone and more are coming to the Apple iPad.  It would be nice to see this trend continue by organizations putting their Enterprise Platforms on a diet.  This healthy diet should consist of a healthy balance of Web Services, Software as a Service (SaaS), APIs, Apps, Mashups, and a more flexible architecture.  Exercising Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) in Enterprise 2.0 Solutions can lead the way towards “Self-Serving Solutions” aka “The Enterprise App Store”.

Which do you think would be easier and more cost effective?

• Buying new hardware/software and creating the new solution?
• Creating an app that can be dropped into your existing platform(s)/device(s)?

Creating the Thought Factory

Organizations have many options when making decisions across multiple points of their Enterprise 2.0 Solution.  I think it’s about time we stop “Reinventing the wheel”.  It’s time we stop reinventing the car of knowledge management and business intelligence.  It’s time to start creating the factory of thought with machines of intelligence that can be measured and configured to deliver fluid collaboration and communication.  It’s time for Enterprise Apps.

We already see examples of Business Intelligence Apps for the new Apple iPad.

iPad in Business

Featuring built-in support for Microsoft Exchange, secure access to corporate data, and a powerful platform for apps, iPad is ready for work, right out of the box.  Learn more here.

Top 10 Enterprise Apps for the Apple iPad

Roambi – Visualizer

Roambi’s cutting edge mobile dashboards let you touch, turn, analyze and share your company’s latest information on any iPhone or iPad – keeping you connected to your business, anytime and anywhere.  Learn more here.

QlikView

QlikView Business Intelligence software allows you to quickly and easily get answers to business questions.  Learn more here.

GoToMeeting

GoToMeeting is the easiest and most convenient way to attend online meetings – and now you can take it to go! Download the free app and join a meeting on your iPad in seconds just by tapping the link in your invitation email.  Learn more here.

WebEx for iPad

Attend WebEx meetings on your iPad, wherever you are! Use this application to get the full meeting experience with simultaneous data and audio. Don’t just listen in to a meeting. Join in.  Learn more here.

Keynote

Keynote is the most powerful presentation app ever designed for a mobile device. It’s the application you know and love on the Mac, but completely reworked from the ground up for iPad. It makes creating a world-class presentation, complete with animated charts and transitions, as simple as touching and tapping.  Learn more here.

Penultimate

The ultimate app for iPad. Stylish, powerful, and easy to use, Penultimate encourages you to take notes, keep sketches, or work through your next breakthrough idea– whether you’re in the office, on the go, or home on the couch.  Learn more here.

Numbers

Numbers is the most innovative spreadsheet app ever designed for a mobile device. It’s the application you know and love for the Mac, completely reworked from the ground up for iPad.  Learn more here.

Bento for iPad

Organize all the details of your busy life in one iPad app! Bento for iPad comes with 25 ready-to-use database templates that can be easily customized to organize virtually any type of information you have. Manage contacts, track projects, plan events and so much more.  Learn more here.

Box.net

Box.net is a web-based service that lets you easily share, manage and access all your content from anywhere. Whether you want to store documents, media or other files, Box.net lets you view, share and collaborate on all your files on-the-go.  Learn more here.

popplet lite

Popplet is a place where you can post, collect and curate your best ideas and random stuff all in one continuous visual space.  Learn more here.

Tags: apple, Apps, Enterprise 2.0, iPad, Mashups, SOA