We’re living in the Enterprise 2.0 era and there’s no place for old communication and collaboration tools like email in our lives. Right? Then why does email continue to be the collaboration backbone for over 80% of organizations all over the world? We can hate emails, but we have to face the fact that today email is still the most frequently used tool for business people. Should Enterprise 2.0 fight email? Or is there a possibility to leverage its advantages and popularity? The presentation offers a possible solution for this dilemma.
6. Here’s what we found on the E2Conf site: Flat Organization Ease of Organization Flow Agility Flexibility User-driven technology Bottom up Distributed Teams are global Fuzzy boundaries, open borders Transparency Information systems are emergent Folksonomies Simple Open On-Demand Short time-to-market cycles
7. If E 2.0 is driven by users, then why is there so much fuss aboutadoption problems?
8. What kind of E 2.0 solution wouldyou like to have in your workplace?
9. Most likely, your E2.0 solution is Easy to Use Saves you time Works everywhere
14. “ People are afraid of anything with too many choices, too many opportunities to look foolish or to waste time or money.” Seth Godin Popular business writer and speaker
16. Our take: an E 2.0 solution should integrate intoexisting workflows
17. “ Thething that really resonates with Enterprise 2.0 is this concept of fitting in with people's existing habits” Phil Wainewright, ZDNet blogger, a leading industry authority on SaaS, web services & e-business trends
18. Why not offer users something familiar, something they are good at?
19. For over 80% business users today this is still… email
20. Stats from Which THREE of the following document collaboration tools would you say are the most used by your team or within your business unit? Most of us are still playing email ping-pong
23. “ Email is freeform, multimedia (especially with attachments), WYSIWYG, easy to learn and use, platform independent, social, and friendly to mouse-clickers and keyboard-shortcutters alike.” Andrew McAfee, Principal research scientist, Center for Digital Business in the MIT Sloan School of Management
42. “ Facebook, Twitter and Google Wave will all have their place for instances where the immediacy and intimacy of real time are required. But email, whose true power is its asynchronous nature, will remain king.” Clint Boulton Reporter, eWeek
45. “ An E2.0 solution should be designed so that a user could say: "Oh, I understand. This isn’t hard at all. In fact, it’s about as easy as email."" Andrew McAfee, Principal research scientist, Center for Digital Business in the MIT Sloan School of Management
47. If you liked this presentation, vote for my E2Conf proposal! http://boston2010.e2conf.spigit.com/Idea/View?ideaid=115 Andrew Filev author of Project Management 2.0 blog http://www.wrike.com/projectmanagement CEO of Wrike, Inc. Twitter: @andrewsthoughts www.wrike.com