Kate Pugh has been dealing with hard Enterprise Collaboration issues for years. She uses proven methodologies of “old school” Knowledge Management and Systems Analysis to solve real-world problems. And she recently captured her signature methodology in a book “Sharing Hidden Know-How: How managers solve thorny problems with the knowledge jam”. This review highlights some of [...]
Two years ago I posted a short post that picked up from an HBR article on leadership flaws. I posed the question if Enterprise 2.0 initiatives can thrive in environments where toxic leadership reigns. My first reaction was no, and then I thought about ways to get to yes. One of the flaws of flawed leadership [...]
One of the habits of highly effective people is to “seek to understand before being understood.” This habit teaches us to approach life with openness and willingness to learn — as a precondition to our effective contributions to the world. Some of us are quite good a “taking it all in” and processing lots of [...]
I finished reading Empowered last week and I share the following book review with you. I posted an edited version of this review on Amazon. I first want to disclose some information which may color my review. I received the book for free in return for a commitment to the authors to publish a review [...]
I came across a couple of items this week that are somewhat related — and related to the idea of being on a list. First: I found Fredrik Savin’s blogs where he listed five book reviews of Andrew McAfee’s new book on Enterprise 2.0. My review is listed, and I recommend you read the other reviews [...]
In one of the best-known scenes of The Matrix, a young boy in the garb of a monk reveals a stunning revelation to the main character – “There is no spoon“. This concept is the fodder for many philosophical explorations into illusion, quantum physics, eastern religions, and scriptwriting. It becomes clear as the movie progresses [...]
Flying back from Germany yesterday gave me the quiet time to read Andrew McAfee’s new book called Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for your Organization’s Toughest Challenges. I read it cover to cover and used lots of highlighter. First a disclosure: I was given the book by Harvard Business Press’ publicist to review knowing that [...]