More sniffing around Twitter, Chatter and pheromones

[Note: This is my third post in a series I’ve been writing on this topic; the two previous posts immediately precede this one]. What I want to do here is touch on a few subjects that came up in earlier posts, where I didn’t really have the time or space to express what I meant … Continue reading “More sniffing around Twitter, Chatter and pheromones”

Thinking more about Twitter, Chatter and knowledge worker pheromones

Introduction This post is a follow-up to one I wrote a few days ago; based on the twitter and mail feedback, and on the comments I’ve received via blog and facebook, it seemed worthwhile to continue discussions on this train of thought. Summary of previous post Let me first summarise where I was trying to … Continue reading “Thinking more about Twitter, Chatter and knowledge worker pheromones”

Social objects in the enterprise: Part 3

Prologue Given the depth and nature of conversations on this subject, I think I’d better let this one run for a while. Many of you have commented in different ways, by writing in, by talking to me, by commenting on this blog, or on Facebook or Twitter, or even by writing blog posts and pointing … Continue reading “Social objects in the enterprise: Part 3”

Thinking more about social objects in the enterprise

Note: This is a follow-up from yesterday’s post. A quick recap of what I said yesterday. Businesses are morphing from customer-product hierarchies to relationship-capability networks. This is placing intense pressure on enterprise systems bases, which have traditionally kept the Fort Knox-like “systems of record” distinct and separate from the somewhat more promiscuous “systems of engagement”. … Continue reading “Thinking more about social objects in the enterprise”

Social objects in the enterprise: some early thoughts

Origins of “social objects” Nearly four years ago, Jyri Engestrom introduced us to the concept of social objects, and Hugh Macleod built on that theme, and what they said really resonated with me. As a result, I’ve been writing about social objects for a while, as you can see here from three years ago here, … Continue reading “Social objects in the enterprise: some early thoughts”