Comments on: Booz Allen Panel Discusses Enterprise 2.0 http://steveradick.com/2008/11/17/booz-allen-panel-discusses-enterprise-20/ Exploring the strategery of using social media within the government Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:25:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steve Dale http://steveradick.com/2008/11/17/booz-allen-panel-discusses-enterprise-20/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Steve Dale Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:54:39 +0000 http://steveradick.com/?p=172#comment-103 I'm not saying I've got this cracked yet, but I have managed to gain traction in UK local government for use of Enterprise 2.0 tools, with over 20,000 users across local councils in England, Wales and Scotland participating in over 500 communities of practice in the IDeA CoP Platform (www.communities.idea.gov.uk). It was a struggle that started early in 2007 and slowly being recognized as a slow revolution in the public sector. I agree that Middle Management being a hurdle, but finding more and more that workers are juts getting on with it - Middle Managers don't realise it yet but they are being disintermediated! I’m not saying I’ve got this cracked yet, but I have managed to gain traction in UK local government for use of Enterprise 2.0 tools, with over 20,000 users across local councils in England, Wales and Scotland participating in over 500 communities of practice in the IDeA CoP Platform (www.communities.idea.gov.uk). It was a struggle that started early in 2007 and slowly being recognized as a slow revolution in the public sector.

I agree that Middle Management being a hurdle, but finding more and more that workers are juts getting on with it – Middle Managers don’t realise it yet but they are being disintermediated!

]]> By: Andrea Baker http://steveradick.com/2008/11/17/booz-allen-panel-discusses-enterprise-20/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Andrea Baker Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:52:37 +0000 http://steveradick.com/?p=172#comment-95 I have to agree with Middle Management being the hurdle, in my experience and not just with web 2.0/enterprise 2.0/social media, but any practice that is new and its just not how things are done. In fact, I still hear this being uttered by those who have championed and support the social tools we now have available in the Federal Government. Well my thoughts are optimistic, if we can get the Intelligence Community to collaborate, then maybe we can knocked down other walls we thought were too high to climb when it comes to culture shift. I am additionally optimistic due to the fact that middle management now are seeing the transition into Generation X, who are a mix of digital immigrants and natives. We've seen how things have been and we are seeing what can be. We'll fight more for our beliefs and not sit comfortably just to keep moving up the chain. I have to agree with Middle Management being the hurdle, in my experience and not just with web 2.0/enterprise 2.0/social media, but any practice that is new and its just not how things are done. In fact, I still hear this being uttered by those who have championed and support the social tools we now have available in the Federal Government.

Well my thoughts are optimistic, if we can get the Intelligence Community to collaborate, then maybe we can knocked down other walls we thought were too high to climb when it comes to culture shift.

I am additionally optimistic due to the fact that middle management now are seeing the transition into Generation X, who are a mix of digital immigrants and natives. We’ve seen how things have been and we are seeing what can be. We’ll fight more for our beliefs and not sit comfortably just to keep moving up the chain.

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