Comments on: German companies overcome E2.0 challenges. http://www.gilyehuda.com/2009/11/11/german-e20/ A blog about collaboration, trust, open source, workplace, and community behaviors. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:35:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Experience culture first-hand. | Gil Yehuda's Enterprise 2.0 Blog http://www.gilyehuda.com/2009/11/11/german-e20/comment-page-1/#comment-4051 Experience culture first-hand. | Gil Yehuda's Enterprise 2.0 Blog Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:17:36 +0000 http://www.gilyehuda.com/?p=864#comment-4051 [...] few months ago I observed how how different business is in Germany from what I was used to. And now that I’m working in [...] [...] few months ago I observed how how different business is in Germany from what I was used to. And now that I’m working in [...]

]]> By: Do empowered workers help achieve consensus? http://www.gilyehuda.com/2009/11/11/german-e20/comment-page-1/#comment-3216 Do empowered workers help achieve consensus? Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:18 +0000 http://www.gilyehuda.com/?p=864#comment-3216 [...] kind of information that Germans may feel to be in violation of their privacy. Read the details here and here — and especially the comments.  I must admit that the balance of power is very odd [...] [...] kind of information that Germans may feel to be in violation of their privacy. Read the details here and here — and especially the comments.  I must admit that the balance of power is very odd [...]

]]> By: Gil Yehuda http://www.gilyehuda.com/2009/11/11/german-e20/comment-page-1/#comment-3215 Gil Yehuda Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:08:07 +0000 http://www.gilyehuda.com/?p=864#comment-3215 Professor Joachim, thank you and thank you again for the time we spent together. Forgive me for not getting all the details about German law. However, I did learn two big ideas from our conversation. 1. German law gives workers some degree of power in the workplace that others do not have. In some ways this adds another challenge to E2.0 adoption since there is one more empowered party in the decision process. 2. Enterprise 2.0 Adoption in German companies is quite strong and successful. Perhaps I need to see this differently. Maybe the added degree of worker empowerment actually helps E2.0 adoption. I'd love to get more feedback on this idea -- let me start a <a href="http://www.gilyehuda.com/enterprise-20/do-empowered-workers-help-achieve-consensus/" rel="nofollow">new post to ask this very question</a>. Professor Joachim, thank you and thank you again for the time we spent together. Forgive me for not getting all the details about German law. However, I did learn two big ideas from our conversation. 1. German law gives workers some degree of power in the workplace that others do not have. In some ways this adds another challenge to E2.0 adoption since there is one more empowered party in the decision process. 2. Enterprise 2.0 Adoption in German companies is quite strong and successful.

Perhaps I need to see this differently. Maybe the added degree of worker empowerment actually helps E2.0 adoption. I’d love to get more feedback on this idea — let me start a new post to ask this very question.

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