Posted on September 6, 2007 10:54 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Business | Internal | Intranets | Social Media | Social Networking
Upon returning to Apple in 1997 after years of exile (or so the story goes), Steve Jobs observed that employees were hunkering down in their offices. Wanting a more free-flowing exchange of knowledge, Jobs ordered urns of coffee and boxes of donuts delivered to Apple’s buildings on Fridays. Employees emerged from their offices to enjoy the caffeine and sugar but, while…
Posted on July 25, 2007 2:11 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Intranets | Legal
I got this question in an email today regarding blogs on intranets:
One of areas I keep getting pushed back on is the legality of blogs. ???What if someone says something inappropriate about another Colleague??we???ll get sued.???
I know the risk/benefit argument and I know that clearly communicated policies play an important part. But, since I’m not a lawyer, I don’t know if…
Posted on July 22, 2007 9:33 am by Shel Holtz | Intranets | Video
I was intrigued when I read an IT Business piece a few months back paraphrasing Accenture CTO Donald Rippert:
Rippert looked at YouTube and wondered why a teenager can find a an amateur video on the site quickly and easily, but finding a video of a corporate presentation in a business’s archives is next to impossible if you don’t know the exact title of…
Posted on June 5, 2007 1:50 am by Shel Holtz | Intranets | Web
In another sign of what portals could be, the AJAX-based personal web portal PageFlakes has introduced a module that puts customer relationship management (CRM) a click away. The module, which interfaces with Etelos’ CRM applications, includes contacts, appointments, task lists, call lists, and a host of other options, all of which can be networked with co-workers’ data. The basic elements of the CRM…
Posted on April 1, 2007 8:51 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Intranets | RSS
In beautiful Montreal at the recent IntraCom 2007, the annual meeting of the Quebec-based API, I had the pleasure of meeting Gilbert Reveillon, strategic marketing director for LaSer Lafayette Services. Gilbert was at the conference from his home base in Paris, where he was live-blogging the event at API’s invitation. Gilbert is also one of the forces behind Blogs des Managers…
Posted on December 19, 2006 9:50 am by Shel Holtz | Business | Internal | Intranets
Things are bad at BP. Very, very bad.
Tony Hayward, the company’s top exploration and production exec, posted an item to the company’s intranet slamming current leadership. Labeled, “Hayward shares candid views on 2006,” the piece listed the company’s flaws. It’s most likely no coincidence that Hayward is angling to become BP’s next top dog.
According to a Financial Times piece, Hayward took direct aim at current BP honcho Lord…
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