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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
The recession presents a great opportunity to transform Legal IT
The recession presents an opportunity for change, but will IT departments grasp it or continue with business as usual? read full post
Le Web 2008 feedback
Another year, another Le Web. This year had some good bits, but was overall a bit mixed. I think the event needs some thought next year to stay relevant. read full post
Getting started with enterprise social networking
Notes and slides from a talk I gave at Online Information 2008 in London about how companies are starting to adopt internal social networking as a serious business tool, and some tips on how to get started. read full post
Social Innovation Camp: what a buzz!
Social Innovation Camp is getting better and better. This year's finalists did some really impressive work over the weekend and the ideas were excellent. read full post
Somesso Conference in Zürich this Friday
SOMESSO is a new multi-city corporate social media conference that kicks off this week in Zurich. read full post
Free the Battery Humans
Why it is vital that we re-balance the relationship between people and process in large organisations, and how this could potentially lead to better companies, happier people and more socialised corporations read full post
Social Innovation: how do we find the right problems?
2gether is the latest in a sequence of London events to promote social innovation that provide a welcome stimulus for the public sector and social enterprises; but do they work? read full post
Is Enterprise 2.0 about selling software or solving problems?
The Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston was very interesting, and reflected a maturing market for enterprise social computing - but can it avoid the vendor dominance that helped kill off KM? read full post
Social Media Influence Conference - June 4, 2008
Social media Influence looks like being one of the better London-based events this year read full post
Challenges and Opportunities for Mainstream Enterprise Social Computing
The adoption of social tools in the enterprise is accelerating, but if we are to avoid the pitfalls of previous periods of technology innovation, then we need to focus more on addressing concrete business use cases and meeting the needs of second wave adopters. This presentation briefly covers some of the opportunities and challenges we see in the field, and some of the IT culture myths that can sometimes get in the way. read full post
Taking the Headshift Lift Express
Taking the Headshift LIFT train to Geneva read full post
Le Web 3, Fourth edition
Le Web was a great conference to close a year of many events around the world. Here are my brief notes and observations about the event read full post
Social tools for Internal Communications
Participants at a recent Melcrum European seminar on social tools for internal communications came up with some useful insights into the use cases for social software and the barriers and chellanges for deployment read full post
What other conferences can learn from Reboot
Maybe I am getting jaded, but I am more and more conscious of a gulf in quality between events like Reboot and LIFT on the European circuit and UK business-focused conferences. Herewith, some observations on what we could do better. read full post
Web 2.0 and health care services
Demos/Patient Opinion seminar about the importance of democratising data and voice in engaging with patients and other stakeholders read full post
Small is the Next Big Thing
Andy Hobsbawn has released the intro of his book that was partly inspired by TED talks about one of the key trends in contemporary culture: small is the next big thing. read full post
Blogging 4 Business redux
Notes from the Headshift/SixApart session at the Blogging for Business conference in London on April 4, 2007 read full post
RSA event on the social impact of the Web tomorrow
A lecture and discussion of the social impact of the web at the RSA with Conservative Shadow Chancellor George Osborne. read full post
Unicom Social tools seminar
Another good event hosted by Dave Gurteen and an excellent presentation from IBM read full post
New Bosnian Cinema 2006
Fantastic festival of new Bosnian films at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, London read full post
Two great European conferences coming up
Two great conferences coming up: Le Web in Paris LIFT in Geneva - both will provide excellent opportunities to learn about the European social software/media scene, and perhaps learn something new along the way. (and yes, we are still hiring - super sysadmin and project managers especially welcome ;-) read full post
This season's conferences
Here are some of the places where you might bump into Headshift folk during the autumn conference season read full post
Reboot 8.0
Reboot 8.0 gets going in Copenhagen this week and looks set to be one of the most diverse (and therefore) interesting conferences in Europe this year. read full post
Social Skills through Social Software Conference
An interesting conference in Salzburg looking at the ways in which social software can assist the development of social skills in education. read full post
Blogs and Social Media Forum
The Blogs and Social Media Forum taking place today in London looks like being one of the most interesting UK-based conferences this year. read full post
We Media 2006 underway in London
The We Media conference "brings together the trailblazers of the connected society - the thinkers, innovators, investors, executives and activists seeking to tap the potential of digital networks connecting people everywhere." read full post
Got ourselves a walking, talking ... living doll
We just bought 10% of Stowe's t-shirt ad space for the rest of 2006 - neat! read full post
Blogging4business
In London on Tuesday April 4th? Why not come along to the Blogging 4 Business conference in Grosvenor Square. read full post
Upcoming social software-related events
We will be taking part in several forthcoming interesting events that involve discussion of the the practical uses of social software read full post
More confusion around delivering e-gov services
The Life Events model for delivering online services is being ditched by UK Online in favour of a department store model read full post
