The meme forest fire of Enterprise 2.0 and Social Business is blazing wildly across all geographies of opinion. We’ve got Enterprise 2.0 in one corner with no shortage of opinions and Social Business in the other corner with even more opinion. The ‘phrase-father’ of Enterprise 2.0 Individuals in roles that are coined community managers, social media/networking/learning leaders, consultants, VC’s, 2.0 bleeding edge personalities et al, can easily drift in between the terms Enterprise 2.0 and Social Business. MORE >>

D o you have “ if you build it, they will come ” syndrome in your organization? That is, you’ve been rolling out a litany of Enterprise 2.0 / Collaboration tools at your organization but no one is actually collaborating, contributing or connecting. Do you have “ That’s no moon, it’s a space station ” syndrome in your organization? That is, you have no idea how to start your Collaboration / Enterprise 2.0 Do you have “ Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore ” syndrome in your organization? MORE >>

In preparation, we came up with a bunch of things that one would need to know when creating a social learning strategy.  Checklist of Social Learning Strategies. Cultural Issues Related to Social Learning. What do executives, key stakeholders and “rank-and-file” think about social media and sharing? Social Learning Approaches and Methods. What “kind” of  Social Learning models are you pursuing?  What kinds of social learning interventions do you need? How will your social media elements interact with your Learning Management System? MORE >>

With the recent launch of InGenius by SkillSoft, I believe it’s time again to raise a pretty important question: Where do Social Learning Tools belong? My contention (as expressed in LMS and Social Learning ) is that most of the vendors are getting this wrong. Instead of looking at providing tightly coupled Social Learning Tools, they should instead be looking at how their offering can integrate or leverage Enterprise 2.0 John Ambrose in Social Learning Will Fill Enterprise 2.0’s Web 2.0 Or should they be separated? Or ???? tools. MORE >>

The E20 Meetup in Paris today discussed the role of “Organizational Development” (OD) and “Human Ressource Management” (HR) in the Enterprise 2.0 What are the obstacles in the Enterprise 2.0 have not seen organizations move toward a more social business model without changing management. Enterprise 2.0 We need to integrate democratic organizing principles into our discussions on Enterprise 2.0 Monitoring all systems by engaging with them is how we can understand the organization as organism. MORE >>