enterprise 2.0

Supermondays data visualisation evening – May 28th

May 8, 2012

Introduction Taken shelter from the ‘data explosion’? Looking for the patterns which become information and better decision-making? Join us at Supermondays on Monday May 28th and hear from a varied line-up about data visualisation – how software tools can help us seeing further, and differently. Context Inspired by Jer Thorp’s talks at Thinking Digital and [...]

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Competing on Analytics – what it means

December 8, 2011

Introduction This is the second post that looks at how managers can harness analytics for business advantage, and maximise their chances of making such a programme a success. It’s something I will be learning about in more detail soon – I’ve got Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results and ‘Moneyball’ being delivered from Amazon. [...]

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Competing on Analytics – getting started

December 7, 2011

Introduction Following on from my recent posts about a) the IBM CMO study, and b) the McKinsey Quarterly articles on big data, I was reminded of a podcast (reproduced below) I’d listened to several months ago, which featured Tom Davenport – pictured right. That listening sparked me to look into more of Tom’s recent work.The [...]

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Impact of big data and social media #2 – McKinsey Quarterly

November 18, 2011

Introduction Second in a series of two posts about big data and social media. First post is here. This particular post draws upon three articles published in the McKinsey Quarterly. Getting to grips with ‘big data’ Here, I’m concentrating on ‘big data’ which, I think, is rather eloquently captured in this vignette by Brad Brown, [...]

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Impact of big data and social media #1 – IBM CMO study

November 17, 2011

Introduction I had seen an advert for this study highlighted in the media, and investigated. You could argue that the IBM reports play to the strengths of IBM as a company – and you’d be right. That said, it is a fascinating insight into the mindsets and priorities of Chief Marketing Officers, and so I’m [...]

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Podcasting practicalities

September 12, 2011

Intro This post follows on from last Autumn’s Podcasts = genius and the immediately previous Podcasting discoveries. It does what it says on the tin in the title! The first section sets out how I’ve been listening to digital content; the second describes how I have been involving in creating some podcasts myself. Listening tools [...]

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McKinsey report shows that using Web 2.0 creates competitive advantage – part iv

January 21, 2011
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series McKinsey Web 2.0 series

Introduction The final part in this series contains: A podcast Links connected with this article / report A copy of the report, courtesy of the magicians at Scribd.com It’s basically a wash-up of the previous 3 posts. Thanks for reading this far – and hope you’ve found it all useful! :-) Podcast Listen (by mousing-over [...]

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McKinsey report shows that using Web 2.0 creates competitive advantage – part iii

January 20, 2011
This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series McKinsey Web 2.0 series

Introduction Part 3 of a series of 4 posts about the growing amount of evidence to support Web 2.0’s successful impact on company performance. A box top-right should link you to other posts in this series, and a section at the bottom describes what the different posts are about. Graphics / Numbers Hopefully McKinsey will [...]

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McKinsey report shows that using Web 2.0 creates competitive advantage – part ii

January 19, 2011
This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series McKinsey Web 2.0 series

Introduction Second post in a series of 3 – hopefully the title gives it away! If the series gizmo is working properly, you should have a box at the top right of this post which links to all the posts live in this series… This post contains McKinsey’s key assertions regarding the difference Web 2.0 [...]

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McKinsey report shows that using Web 2.0 creates competitive advantage – part i

January 17, 2011
This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series McKinsey Web 2.0 series

Introduction I’ve recently been debilitated by a heavy cold, and took the opportunity to catch up on some reading. If you’ve read some of my other posts, you will have picked up that I believe Web 2.0 can have a big impact on organisations, and will redefine how most of us communicate. I regularly read [...]

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