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A whole generation of people grew up in the belief that using the C-word in public was just not done. So they avoided doing so. A good thing. At the same time, unrelated to the original C-word, they’ve managed to obscure and obfuscate a number of other C-words. Not a good thing. This post is … Continue reading “The C-word: A Saturday night meander”
Whatever gets you through the night it’s alright, it’s alright It’s your money or your life it’s alright, it’s alright Don’t need a sword to cut thru flowers oh no, oh no Whatever gets you thru your life it’s alright, it’s alright Do it wrong or do it right it’s alright, it’s alright Don’t need … Continue reading “Walls and bridges: even more on Facebookisation”
Note: This is a follow-up post to one I wrote a few days ago, The Facebookisation of the enterprise, given the kind of interest it generated. People seriously interested in the subject may wish to read my nine-part series on Facebook and the Enterprise from 2007. The first part remains my most-read post, apart from … Continue reading “More on the Facebookisation of the enterprise”
Imagine an “enterprise” world where: You chose your own phone You chose your own portable computing device (which may be your phone) You chose your own desktop computing device (which may be your television) You chose the operating systems you put on these devices In other words, the IT department had “lost control of the … Continue reading “The Facebookisation of the enterprise”
[Photo credits: guitars: fotobicchio and shoes: Orin Zebest] For some time now, phrases like “the customer’s in control” have been floating around the marketplace, yet “enterprise people” haven’t taken a blind bit of notice. You can’t expect them to. Many of them can’t understand what choice means in the context of the services they receive. … Continue reading “Musing gently about choice in the enterprise”