10 questions to evaluate your Enterprise 2.0 adoption strategy

Posted on27. Feb, 2010 by Jeff Dance.

Just because Enterprise 2.0 tools are often easier to use and social in nature doesn’t mean everyone is going to adopt them. After all, there is always inertia to change no matter what it is, especially with how busy we all are.
Whether you are a small business or a large enterprise, a little planning [...]

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Why Should I Join Twitter? in a conversation of 140 characters or less

Posted on08. Dec, 2009 by Jeff Dance.

Why Should I Join? is the second part of our 5-part educational series that rolls through a dialogue between Twitter Tina (Twitter fan) and Tom (Twitter skeptic) in blurbs of 140 characters or less. This second part focuses on the benefits of a personal Twitter account.
You can view the first part here.
Part Two – A [...]

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What is Twitter? in a conversation of 140 Characters or Less

Posted on14. Nov, 2009 by Jeff Dance.

Twitter is silly, yet powerful– simple, yet sophisticated–focused, but broad–local, but worldwide.  Love it or hate it, the fact is it’s often misunderstood.  Hence, the interest in writing a short series that educates the basic to advanced user with greater levels of understanding.

There are dozens of books written on Twitter, but we believed it could [...]

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5 Reasons why collaboration contributes to innovation

Posted on27. Sep, 2008 by Jeff Dance.

Almost all of the recent books, blogs, and papers supporting innovation highlight the importance of collaboration.  Why?  For many years, the sole inventor was told that people working together can lead to groupthink–too much consensus and convergent thinking.  While these ideas have reason, they can easily be overcome.  Collaboration is a central theme to innovation [...]

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“No one feels happy walking away from the suggestion box”

Posted on25. Jul, 2008 by Jeff Dance.

In a recent discussion about some fresh entrepreneurial ideas, one of my colleagues at Intel suggested some ways to improve Intel’s operation, but commented that “no-one feels happy walking away from the suggestion box”.  Why does no-one feel happy sharing a suggestion after dropping it in a box?  I felt my colleague’s statement reverberate over [...]

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7 key sources and 7 key ingredients CENTRIC to Innovation

Posted on03. Jun, 2008 by Jeff Dance.

7 key sources and 7 key ingredients CENTRIC TO Innovation

C: Creatives and Creativity: You may be born creative…many are. Or you may learn creativity…many do. Either way, the art of “new” starts with you.
E: Entrepreneurs and Enthusiasm: Entrepreneurs have long been known for Innovation. An entrepreneur’s secret ingredient–an undying enthusiasm [...]

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