While I fundamentally disagree with Nicholas Carr’s thesis that ‘IT doesn’t matter ’, the reality is he is largely right when considering most enterprise technology up until now, which has focused on business processes. initiatives sit squarely at the intersection of technology and culture. initiatives forward. as below. MORE >>

Midwinter has me revising that to add they’re tools with their own cultures. From Andrea : Whenever I speak on the topic of social software, I emphasize culture. It’s so easy to get tunnel vision or to see one library who has implemented a social technology successfully and to think that you can just do the same at your library. MORE >>

In my recent keynotes I have frequently used variations on my Transformation of Business framework , which looks at how Technology Drivers and Social Drivers lead to a changed Business Landscape , and in turn New Drivers of Success. On the face of it, much of this social change has been driven by technology. MORE >>

Do we first require an organizational culture adaptation prior to any meaningful Enterprise 2.0 tools need to become so simplistic, easy to use and of course generally available to an organization before a culture can be considered connected, flat and more collaborative? That should change the culture, right? adoption? MORE >>

Scott Gavin Web Technology and Culture for Business / Enterprise 2.0 Contact Knowledge Plaza Talks/Presentations Home » Case Studies It’s the culture. Technology is secondary. We use technology to help us do so, but the base building blocks of a collaborative and innovative workforce is culture. MORE >>