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Social Networking for the Legal Profession
We are proud to announce a major new report, published in association with Ark Group, entitled Social Networking for the Legal Profession, which looks in depth at current practice in social networking and social technologies within the legal sector read full post
Social networks as information filters
Yesterday, I went along to the InformatieProfessional Conference here in Amsterdam. As with all things associated with the web these days, the theme of the conference was Integrity 2.0. Key issues revolved around data privacy, information reliability and management of... read full post
Business 2.0
As organisations become more transparent, more open, more prepared to share we are seeing more and more intellectual capital being given away "free". There is the over-quoted example of Goldmine giving away its geological data, Sun Microsystems and IBM giving... read full post
Your corporate website is irrelevant
The days of the monolithic corporate website are numbered. Twentieth century corporate structures, which, to borrow sentiment, if not words from Lee Bryant, put the World's window upon your organisation in the hands of the IT guys in the basement... read full post
Society of the Technical: the common ground between art and social media
So, the first project I've been put to work on since starting at Headshift six weeks ago was the site for Anthony Gormley's One and Other project - a pretty massive undertaking that aims to put 2400 people on... read full post
User-Driven Companies Should Start from Within
My talk about user-driven companies and how we can go beyond surface-level user engagement from the Next09 conference in Hamburg. read full post
Going with the flow: whither enterprise RSS?
Reports of the death of RSS at the hands of Twitter are exaggerated, though they contain a grain of truth. Here's why I think we are yet to see its real value in the enterprise. read full post
UsNow Film to go on general (internet) release
Us Now - the film project about the power of mass collaboration, government and the internet - will enjoy its public online launch in London on May 12th read full post
Second-wave adopters are coming. Are you prepared? Part 1 / 3
I decided to break this blog post down into three parts, as it had become way too long during all those endless nights of writing. The general theme is that in the near future we will see more companies starting... read full post
Comprehensive study of user-generated content at the BBC
Returning to more familiar territory following last week's Eurasian Media Conference in Kazakhstan - more on that coming soon - today I'm at an event organised by the BBC, my former employer, and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)... read full post
Manage, and you might survive. Facilitate, and you will thrive.
Recently I went to see an organization, and a good while into a very pleasant conversation I was asked: 'Will we (organization) become obsolete in ten years'? What a daunting question! What had happened? The organization has about 1000 member... read full post
The Twentieth Century was Wrong
A short talk that suggests perhaps the Twentieth Century models many organisations fall back on are not as established as they think. In fact, social network-based business and co-ordination have a much longer history than we think. read full post
Public services are more important than online election campaigns
Transforming government and public services are more important than electioneering, so it will be interesting to see whether the impending UK election campaign accelerates change or holds it back in favour of traditional politics. read full post
Five Things Every Legal Practice Should Know About Web 2.0
V. Mary Abraham and I ran a session at Legaltech New York earlier this month about the impact of Web2.0 technology and ideas on Law firm IT. Here is an overview and some slides from that session. read full post
Three themes for local government in 2009
At the Local Government Breakfast we co-hosted with Futuregov, I outlined three priority area we are keen to pursue with local government in 2009: humanising organisations, difficult conversations and next generation public services. read full post
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