Comments on: Anatomy of the Enterprise Octopus http://gobigalways.com/anatomy-of-the-enterprise-octopus/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:53:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Företagsbläckfisken — Next Generation Internet http://gobigalways.com/anatomy-of-the-enterprise-octopus/#comment-2007 Företagsbläckfisken — Next Generation Internet Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:00:15 +0000 http://gobigalways.com/?p=310#comment-2007 [...] finns en mer djuplodande och mer förstålig förklaring på Go Big Always här och [...] […] finns en mer djuplodande och mer förstålig förklaring på Go Big Always här och […]

]]> By: Column 2 by Sandy Kemsley : The missing links http://gobigalways.com/anatomy-of-the-enterprise-octopus/#comment-1712 Column 2 by Sandy Kemsley : The missing links Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:22:17 +0000 http://gobigalways.com/?p=310#comment-1712 [...] Go Big Always - Anatomy of the Enterprise OctopusSam Lawrence of Jive Software compares the Enterprise Filing Cabinet with the Enterprise Octopus — moving from file-centric work to people-centric work. [...] […] Go Big Always - Anatomy of the Enterprise OctopusSam Lawrence of Jive Software compares the Enterprise Filing Cabinet with the Enterprise Octopus — moving from file-centric work to people-centric work. […]

]]> By: Connected - It’s Goopy in the Octopus Head http://gobigalways.com/anatomy-of-the-enterprise-octopus/#comment-1683 Connected - It’s Goopy in the Octopus Head Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:53:25 +0000 http://gobigalways.com/?p=310#comment-1683 [...] got to be in Sam’s octopus head yesterday to “sound board” his most recent post, Anatomy of the Enterprise Octopus. It was gloriously goopy. That messy creation stuff always gets me excited, always energizes me, [...] […] got to be in Sam’s octopus head yesterday to “sound board” his most recent post, Anatomy of the Enterprise Octopus. It was gloriously goopy. That messy creation stuff always gets me excited, always energizes me, […]

]]> By: Ben Tremblay http://gobigalways.com/anatomy-of-the-enterprise-octopus/#comment-1640 Ben Tremblay Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:29:11 +0000 http://gobigalways.com/?p=310#comment-1640 In my experience innovation only moves forward when A-list types find a way of appropriating the work of independent thinkers, while continuing to abuse that group with plausibly deniable benign neglect. In my experience innovation only moves forward when A-list types find a way of appropriating the work of independent thinkers, while continuing to abuse that group with plausibly deniable benign neglect.

]]> By: Dan Keldsen http://gobigalways.com/anatomy-of-the-enterprise-octopus/#comment-1639 Dan Keldsen Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:53:38 +0000 http://gobigalways.com/?p=310#comment-1639 Sam - As always, great graphics, and nice extra color commentary on 1.0 vs 2.0 - have you seen our slide on the evolution of 1.0->1.5->2.0 technology and the cultures they tended to be aligned with? Not nearly as well illustrated, but honing in on similar points. The "co-[fill in the blank]" is very nice. Easy to see you put significant effort into forming the thoughts and graphics to go with them. That said, I disagree with your take on "co-Ordination" - formal workflow doesn't ALWAYS work, and that's why ad-hoc workflow is important to keep in mind. However, without formal workflow, we wouldn't have working power, phones, airline traffic (whoops, got me there), healthcare processes, insurance companies, build-to-order computers, etc.. For all the messy business processes that aren't being captured/facilitated adequately via other systems/techniques though, yes, right there with you. Overall though, this a nice addition to the thinking going on - and Michael and David are one heck of a resource for you in executing the final renditions. Great job guys! BTW - seeing your COLORS acronym makes me want to bust out a certain rap from the late 80s movie of the same name. Embed some audio? :) Sam - As always, great graphics, and nice extra color commentary on 1.0 vs 2.0 - have you seen our slide on the evolution of 1.0->1.5->2.0 technology and the cultures they tended to be aligned with? Not nearly as well illustrated, but honing in on similar points.

The “co-[fill in the blank]” is very nice. Easy to see you put significant effort into forming the thoughts and graphics to go with them. That said, I disagree with your take on “co-Ordination” - formal workflow doesn’t ALWAYS work, and that’s why ad-hoc workflow is important to keep in mind. However, without formal workflow, we wouldn’t have working power, phones, airline traffic (whoops, got me there), healthcare processes, insurance companies, build-to-order computers, etc..

For all the messy business processes that aren’t being captured/facilitated adequately via other systems/techniques though, yes, right there with you.

Overall though, this a nice addition to the thinking going on - and Michael and David are one heck of a resource for you in executing the final renditions. Great job guys!

BTW - seeing your COLORS acronym makes me want to bust out a certain rap from the late 80s movie of the same name. Embed some audio? :)

]]> By: Irregular Enterprise mobile edition http://gobigalways.com/anatomy-of-the-enterprise-octopus/#comment-1634 Irregular Enterprise mobile edition Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:14:30 +0000 http://gobigalways.com/?p=310#comment-1634 [...] I said flat out I think Vinnie is wrong on this though it depends on how you want to define SMB. In the use cases I have seen to date, it is clear to me that ByDesign is aimed squarely at the MAS90/Intuit crowd that may (or may not) have a hodgepodge of software plus inherited internal process inefficiency. They can and are deriving a significant amount of benefit. Is that innovative? You can always argue as Phil Wainewright has done that these companies would have to rationalize anyway and therefore ask where the value is derived. I have no doubt in my mind that for easily repeatable processes, the process based approach, rather than functionally oriented design delivers the value ERP always promised but never quite achieved. It’s a different mindset that forces the company into looking at its business in a different way. I’d also argue that since process is about people getting things done, that it has the potential for a nice fit into the way Sam Lawrence is positioning the new world of decision making. [...] […] I said flat out I think Vinnie is wrong on this though it depends on how you want to define SMB. In the use cases I have seen to date, it is clear to me that ByDesign is aimed squarely at the MAS90/Intuit crowd that may (or may not) have a hodgepodge of software plus inherited internal process inefficiency. They can and are deriving a significant amount of benefit. Is that innovative? You can always argue as Phil Wainewright has done that these companies would have to rationalize anyway and therefore ask where the value is derived. I have no doubt in my mind that for easily repeatable processes, the process based approach, rather than functionally oriented design delivers the value ERP always promised but never quite achieved. It’s a different mindset that forces the company into looking at its business in a different way. I’d also argue that since process is about people getting things done, that it has the potential for a nice fit into the way Sam Lawrence is positioning the new world of decision making. […]

]]> By: The background to the social media guidelines? « Emma Mulqueeny http://gobigalways.com/anatomy-of-the-enterprise-octopus/#comment-1633 The background to the social media guidelines? « Emma Mulqueeny Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:33:07 +0000 http://gobigalways.com/?p=310#comment-1633 [...] http://gobigalways.com/anatomy-of-the-enterprise-octopus/ [...] […] http://gobigalways.com/anatomy-of-the-enterprise-octopus/ […]

]]> By: People Over Process » links for 2008-06-20 http://gobigalways.com/anatomy-of-the-enterprise-octopus/#comment-1624 People Over Process » links for 2008-06-20 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:30:56 +0000 http://gobigalways.com/?p=310#comment-1624 [...] Go Big Always - Anatomy of the Enterprise Octopus This looks like the ground-work for some kind of Godin-like marketing without marketing, in addition to the other stuff it is. (tags: via:twitter jive marketing clipart collab enterprisesoftware) [...] […] Go Big Always - Anatomy of the Enterprise Octopus This looks like the ground-work for some kind of Godin-like marketing without marketing, in addition to the other stuff it is. (tags: via:twitter jive marketing clipart collab enterprisesoftware) […]

]]> By: Michael Sigler http://gobigalways.com/anatomy-of-the-enterprise-octopus/#comment-1621 Michael Sigler Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:22:02 +0000 http://gobigalways.com/?p=310#comment-1621 To those curious about the graphics, that was a combination of myself and David Carroll. I honestly thought Sam's idea wasn't doable when he first presented it. A little hard work paid off. Sam already linked to it above but you can see the illustration progression here: http://siglerdesign.com/index.php/site/article/illustrating_the_enterprise_octopus/ David's site is here: http://www.davidxc.com Thanks for the props. :) To those curious about the graphics, that was a combination of myself and David Carroll. I honestly thought Sam’s idea wasn’t doable when he first presented it. A little hard work paid off.

Sam already linked to it above but you can see the illustration progression here: http://siglerdesign.com/index.php/site/article/illustrating_the_enterprise_octopus/

David’s site is here: http://www.davidxc.com

Thanks for the props. :)

]]> By: Wikinomics » Blog Archive » The Anatomy of the Enterprise Octopus http://gobigalways.com/anatomy-of-the-enterprise-octopus/#comment-1620 Wikinomics » Blog Archive » The Anatomy of the Enterprise Octopus Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:28:26 +0000 http://gobigalways.com/?p=310#comment-1620 [...] this picture of the enterprise octopus doesn’t encourage you to read Sam Lawrence’s post on enterprise technology (how it’s moving from file-centric to people-centric), I don’t [...] […] this picture of the enterprise octopus doesn’t encourage you to read Sam Lawrence’s post on enterprise technology (how it’s moving from file-centric to people-centric), I don’t […]

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