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Book Review: Sharing Hidden Know-How.

by Gil Yehuda on June 21, 2011

in Enterprise 2.0


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 [...]

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Becoming an Open Leader.

by Gil Yehuda on March 16, 2011

in Enterprise 2.0,Open Source


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 [...]

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The Blogger’s Transformation

by Gil Yehuda on January 3, 2011

in Enterprise 2.0


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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Listed.

by Gil Yehuda on December 16, 2009

in Enterprise 2.0


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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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