Sounds Like Key Aspects of “Wirearchy” To Me …

Here’s the content of three introductory slides from IBM Lotus’ take on the emerging world of Enterprise 2.0 (principles and applications of Web 2.0 applied to knowledge work).

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First Slide

The Virtual Workplace

– 58% of IT Executives consider their company to be a virtual workplace

– 90% of employees work in locations other than headquarters

– Between 60% and 70% of employees work in different locations from their bosses

– The number of virtual workers has increased by 800% over the past five years

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Second Slide

IBM’s CEO Survey

– 750 CEOs cited collaborative innovation as the most important competitive advantage they must cultivate.

IBM 2010 CIO Outlook
1. Employee driven integration
2. Global collaborative innovation
3. Aggressive pursuit of simplicity and hosting

Priorities:
Digital Collaboration Infrastructure

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Third Slide

Dealing With Technological & Cultural Change

• Technology savvy generation is entering the workforce

• The Consumer world and Enterprise world are merging

• Gaming can teach us a lot about collaboration

• Content includes much richer forms of media

• Knowledge workers can now assemble “do it yourself” applications.

• Communities are forming both inside and outside the firewall.

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Tags: virtual workforce, collaborative innovation, collaborative infrastructure, technological change, cultural change, wirearchy

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