This document discusses the concept of Enterprise 2.0, which refers to the use of social software platforms in businesses and organizations. It outlines how Enterprise 2.0 aims to break down traditional hierarchies and promote more collaboration between customers, employees, and suppliers. Examples of Enterprise 2.0 tools include wikis, blogs, forums, and social networks, which can be used to share knowledge more openly within organizations. The document also notes that Enterprise 2.0 approaches may lead to faster innovation, lower costs, and better responsiveness to customers.
5. “This artificial distinction between a consumer
and a producer is dissolving, I call it the
participant economy. Web 2.0 is about people.”
- David Sifry (Technorati)
10. “We (the community) have time to create
linux, which is amazing, we have time to create
wikipedia, we have time to put reviews on
yelp, and read and write blogs. We just have way
to much time on our hands, maybe that was all
time we were doing passive things watching
TV, now all that passive time has become active
time and we are creating stuff.”
- Auren Hoffman (Rapleaf)
24. “Loosening hierarchies and giving more power
to employees can lead to faster innovation,
lower cost structures, greater agility, improved
responsiveness to customers and more
authenticity and respect in the marketplace.”
- Don Tapscott, co-author of Wikinomics: How
Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
32. quot;In other recessionary times, we have seen
people lean on education and go back to
school...This is the first major recession where
you have a tool like LinkedIn and can use
your professional network more effectively.“
- Los Angeles Times, March 30, 2009
http://press.linkedin.com/about
42. $4.6 billion
by 2013
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/enterprise_20_to_become_a_46_billion_industry.php
43. “I predict a rebuilding year for most
organizations, with a few that will use innovative
new ideas to break out with major successes.”
- Dion Hinchcliffe, CTO Hinchcliffe & Co