Category: Business

  • The journey of Convergence

    The journey of Convergence

    Recently, I wrote about email as one of the elements in transforming an organization into a social, collaborative enterprise. A classic example is the role Atos’ zero-email program plays in such an exercise. While I cited Atos in my post…

  • Email: a social business enabler

    Email: a social business enabler

    In the mobile internet age, checking email is simultaneously a nervous tic and, for many workers, a tether to the office, says The Atlantic in a very readable feature about email that discusses a most interesting question: Why does one…

  • Actions and consequences: what will 2016 present?

    Actions and consequences: what will 2016 present?

    2015 was a stepping-stone year in the evolution of technology and people’s behaviours, with events that gave us greater insight into actions and consquences. A big one is the thorny matter of balancing the long-held expectation of individual privacy –…

  • Changing gears with IBM

    Changing gears with IBM

      I’ve been thinking a lot about social business lately. About what it is – broadly, focused on people (behaviours, mindsets) and organizations (culture, vision, leadership) – and about what it isn’t (an extension of, or level up from, social…

  • Ad-blockers: naughty or nice?

    Ad-blockers: naughty or nice?

    The issue of ad-blocking, and its impact on sustainable revenue, has been simmering for quite a while says guest author Justin Maxwell, founder and CEO of microdonations and micropayments platform tibit, who suggests one way of addressing the problem head…