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Do empowered workers help achieve consensus?

by Gil Yehuda on November 23, 2009

in Enterprise 2.0


A few posts ago I shared with you that German companies have additional challenge in their pursuit of Enterprise 2.0.  Since many information workers enjoy the right to form workers councils (which are somewhat akin to workers unions), these councils have a say in the way technology is implemented at the workplace.  And there is [...]

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Odd Couple: Trust and Social Media.

by Gil Yehuda on October 30, 2009

in Enterprise 2.0


Last week I attended a fascinating event in Manhattan called “The Trust Summit Breakfast”.  It featured two pairs of authors who collaborated on two business books on the topic of Trust.  Specifically: Charles H Green and David Maister, co-authors of The Trusted Advisor (with Rob Galford). And Chris Brogan and Julien Smith, co-authors of Trust Agents.  Both are considered must-read books.  I [...]

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Managers: nudge, not noodge.

by Gil Yehuda on August 5, 2009

in Enterprise 2.0


A nudge is a gentle push to improve behavior. Your spouse nudges you under the table when your dinner-party conversation begins to drift into “don’t go there” territory. This differs from being a noodge– a Yiddish expression for someone who is a constant nag. Inexperienced managers can be noodges.  Nudging is the art of subtly [...]

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Another Revolution in Boston.

by Gil Yehuda on July 31, 2009

in Enterprise 2.0


I start this admitting that I’m not going to capture the TEDxBoston event in a blog post. But I’ll try my best.
You may be familiar with TED.com.  If not, become familiar with it.  TED is a experience focused on spreading important ideas about Technology, Entertainment, and Design. Some of the ideas spread by TED have made a [...]

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For the past few weeks I’ve been reflecting on the Enterprise 2.0 conference that I attended last month and have been sharing some thoughts as a result.  This is the final installment directly related to my post-conference thoughts.
My purpose in sharing these posts was threefold:

To help those who did not attend get one person’s perspective [...]

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