On the one hand, this is a good example of social software adoption. On the other hand, it is somewhat of a false-positive for any widespread conclusion beyond this vertical. In my experience, professional services has always been a pathfinder industry segment when it comes to early adoption of certain technology. Connecting with other people in organizations that essentially "sell know how" is a perfect environment for introducing tools that help with information sharing, communication, collaboration and community-building (e.g., KM). Still, a nice data point to read about.
These days, having a teenage son probably helps Rippert do his job. He is chief technology officer for global consulting firm Accenture, and in the kinds of things teenagers are doing online he sees the future of computing in the enterprise. And he has already begun making that vision a reality at Accenture.
Speaking at Accenture's Global Convergence Forum, held this week, Rippert described how he is borrowing ideas from online services such as Facebook, De.licio.us, YouTube, Wikipedia and Second Life to remake Accenture's employee intranet.
Source: IT Business
Nice source, I really liked that article as I'm looking for companies that are using enterprise 2.0 and finding it hard to get any information. I'm only just getting into this field as an Enterprise 2.0 student at University. Thanks for the link.
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Posted by: Ben McCallum | August 18, 2009 at 09:14 PM