The Xpragmatic View is a management-oriented publication where we give our very personal, sometimes controversial, view on management thinking on the intersection of technological evolution, organisational change and business strategy: a messy world of unfulfilled promises. http://www.xpragma.com/ Copyright 1999-2009 Xpragma bvba en-gb Sat, 4 Feb 2012 12:08:48 +0100 marc.buyens@xpragma.com Sat, 4 Feb 2012 12:07:03 +0100 marc.buyens@xpragma.com FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.3.1) http://www.feedforall.com http://www.xpragma.com/english/skin/images/xpv.gif http://www.xpragma.com/ 0 0 Like most things in life, collaboration is a simple thing. However, we humans have tendency not to think too much about simple things and then, they seem to become complex, since they rarely work out as planned. This paper is an exercise in simple thinking about simple things so that we might understand what makes them really work. http://www.xpragma.com/view187.php marc.buyens@xpragma.com collaboration http://www.xpragma.com/view187.php Sat, 4 Feb 2012 12:07:03 +0100 In this complex world we live in, most decisions require the involvement of multiple individuals. However, we must be aware of the fact that decisions are never made by a group, but always by individuals. http://www.xpragma.com/view186.php marc.buyens@xpragma.com collaboration http://www.xpragma.com/view186.php Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:48:12 +0100 In this on-going collaboration debate, too many people view collaboration as a solution to a problem. It is not. Collaboration is the behaviour that emerges in contexts that invite for collaboration. http://www.xpragma.com/view185.php marc.buyens@xpragma.com collaboration http://www.xpragma.com/view185.php Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:07:54 +0100 Enterprise 2.0 and social business are all about connecting individuals, facilitating the emergence of greater knowledge and understanding via the confrontation of different experiences, ideas and opinions. Does it work? http://www.xpragma.com/view184.php marc.buyens@xpragma.com collaboration http://www.xpragma.com/view184.php Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:18:51 +0100 Social networks provide for a vast laboratory where we can observe the social dynamics in groups. However, to what extent can we really reapply this within our organisations? http://www.xpragma.com/view183.php marc.buyens@xpragma.com trust http://www.xpragma.com/view183.php Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:41:01 +0100 Not large corporations, but networks of small companies and individuals will be the future drivers for innovation and prosperity. A policy paper of The Lisbon Council. http://www.xpragma.com/view182.php marc.buyens@xpragma.com business interaction management http://www.xpragma.com/view182.php Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:49:50 +0200 The potential of Enterprise 2.0 is real, but it has to be looked for in the spaces where it really can excel. One of these spaces is business-to-business interoperability. http://www.xpragma.com/view181.php marc.buyens@xpragma.com Business Interaction Management http://www.xpragma.com/view181.php Sat, 8 Oct 2011 12:11:31 +0200 The employees are a company's most valuable assets. So they say. But do they really understand what it means? http://www.xpragma.com/view180.php marc.buyens@xpragma.com social business http://www.xpragma.com/view180.php Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:29:02 +0200 When being faced with a problem, we try to solve it in the best possible way. However, by doing so, we might be shifting our attention too much to the remedies for the symptoms, instead of focusing on the real disease. http://www.xpragma.com/view179.php marc.buyens@xpragma.com customer centricity http://www.xpragma.com/view179.php Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:18:00 +0200 Especially we, people with an IT-background, live too much with the illusion that we can capture our reality in bits. Unfortunately, what we are capturing is only a poor representation of a far deeper and far more complex reality. http://www.xpragma.com/view178.php marc.buyens@xpragma.com knowledge management http://www.xpragma.com/view178.php Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:29:33 +0200