The Old Brain
20 years ago, the brain of an organization was at the process level. But now business process is a commodity. Core processes are like the lights on your car. You used to touch them but now they just happen all by themselves. ERP has now moved into being the circulatory system of organizations. [...]
When was the last time enterprise software was interesting?
For half of you, the answer is “never.” For some it might have been when CRM finally grew up in the late 90s. Others, maybe when email came to work. Remember that? It was around the time when only people on CompuServe accounts could email each other. [...]
Am I ok?
I’ve gotten a ton of messages from really great people asking if I was ok. I’ve had a hundred or so messages on Facebook, Twitter, email and instant messaging asking why I’ve suddenly gone silent.
The reasons are painfully personal, but I thought I’d break the silence to let everyone know.
My wife and I [...]
Before we talk about the hole
Let’s take a quick look at how technology has provided value so far. Boiled down and oversimplified, there are three stages.
Pink: You’ve saved time. Now all your paper and information is digital.
Blue: You’ve made your digital stuff accessible by other people. Think wiki or a file folder.
Green: Now that people [...]
Just like it was immediately following 9/11, Technology and Marketing spending will now be on the chopping block. Time to throw the ballast over. So why is that good news for social software?
1. With recession comes consolidation
Consolidation is not great news for point solutions but it’s fantastic for “all-in-one” products which can replace lots of [...]
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