Turning knowledge workers into innovation creators using Web Office Technology.
Constant innovation is required to succeed into today's hyper competitive environment. Successful innovation is not about the ideas or inventions; it’s about the people.
If you want innovation, you have to enable your innovation creators.
This site discusses new approaches to managing for constant innovation and new tools for fostering innovation, such as enterprise blogs, Wikis, and Web Office Technology.

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LinkedIn to find contacts, email for introductions
How many ways can your service reach people?
Teqlo Beta - Powerful Mashups - No Code
People at FastForward '07
FastForward'07
Switched to Mac - 4 things I miss
We all live for recognition
The Dawn of the DIY Mashup
Introducing the Enterprise Irregulars Site
How to use Blogs in the Workplace
IBM Lotus software revenues up 30%
The Executable Web
Read/Write Intranet Idol
You Must Reach Out to Win in a Networked World
Joyent's Bingo is on the Money
Cogenz Rocks
One Laptop Per Child - Innovation Example
Google takes $200+ Million from Lotus Notes & MSFT
Save Big using Apple's iChat: 1 Warning
Time Limit on Comments
Predictions for Enterprise 2.0 in 2007
The Big Hits from 2006
Teqlo is Truly Game Changing
Time names You as Person of the Year
My Blog Got Me a New Job
Elevators should have undo buttons
Dell 2.0? Try Enterprise 2.0!
I am leaving Ernst & Young
Screencast - How to create a logo with Inkscape
When we create together
How to Delegate
itensil's Revolutionary Wikiflow
Just Ask the Customer
Web 3.0 - Humanity Vs. the Machines
The Week Enterprise 2.0 Became Reality
Predicting the US Elections
Starbucks = Global Connectivity
Google buys JotSpot
SocialText and Microsoft
Better Standards
A Platform for IT Innovation within the Enterprise
Lotus Notes Vs WordPress
Blogs and Wikis pass 1.0 Tech on Google Trends
More on Enterprise 2.0 = Emergence Software
IBM should Dump Eclipse and Flock to the Web
MemoToo: Play Nice; Win Big
Hybrid Discussion Forums
It's better to have tried and failed...
Top 4 Myths of Office 2.0
Giant Oil Tankers - Fast Bloggers
Congratulations to the Office 2.0 Conference
Teqlo
Enterprise 2.0 = Emergence Software
Lotus Notes + Blogs Wikis Web 2.0 App tools
Lotus Notes - The Asbestos of Enterprise IT
Social Software in the Enterprise
Simple Recipe to Leave Lotus Notes
An appeal to my friends
Participation is the Killer App
Modus Operandi: Business Today Vs. Enterprise 2.0
An Ugly Upgrade
The First Link Beyond Google
Symantec Internet Security Threat Report
Bloggers are Dangerous
Organized Chaos
Spanish Translation - Web Office Paper
A YouTube Business Model in the Enterprise
Salesforce.com aims for Oracle, SAP and Enterprise IT
One Question for Reid Hoffman
TechCrunch - Firepit Networking
HBS Tech Alumni Enterprise Blogging Event
The Taxi Fare Secret
HBS Tech Blogging Event
550 Votes counted - 74% of users prefer Lotus Notes !?!
Links - September 7, 2006
Ariba thinks Web 2.0 will be less disruptive than Web 1.0
When to Use a Blog and When to Use a Wiki
Email is critical to Enterprise 2.0 and Office 2.0
A Better Way to Do Things on the Fly
Globally, 5% of people online have a blog
Beauty and Innovation in Complex Systems
Web Versions of MS Office is a Tiny Niche
Software as a Service
System One is Web Office Technology
Zoho Projects
Real Issues with Office 2.0
Is the Lotus Notes Crowd Really Listening?
Blogging Vs. Your Career
Enterprise blogs cost $50K - so why aren't there more?
CM Pros Fall 2006 Summit / Gilbane Conference
Captain AGILE and FUBAR - Listening ain't easy
Lotus Notes Email Vs. Microsoft Outlook
Who Killed The Corporate IT Deparment
Office 2.0 2006 - Conference
But we already have that...
Apple Vs PC - Part II
Forget Dashboards - Netvibes Gets $15 Million
Apple Vs Microsoft
Windows Live Writer
Network Effects of Enterprise 2.0
50 Million Blogs means 50 Million Addresses
Great Customer Service by Continental Airlines
Servant Leadership
Captain AGILE and FUBAR - Just Giv' Er
Inside Microsoft's Enterprise 2.0 Battle Plan
Invention vs. Innovation
18 Year Old Marketing Genius
The Next Xerox PARC ... Maybe
Grab your client - It's the Agile dance
Are we there yet?
Waterfall Drives IT Engineer Over the Edge
Oblique control of emergent intelligence
Glorious Centrally Planned Taxonomy
Enterprise Web 2.0 - Great site - Interesting Top 10
Want SOX compliant docs - read Andy Oram
But... I can do that on my blog
The Chief Knowledge Officer’s Dilemma
Ham Sandwich 2.0
Execution without Vision
What the 2.0?
JP Morgan Building Web 2.0 Solutions
Ramping up a successful blog
Career 2.0
Automattic to Provide Enterprise Support for WordPress
CTC Boston 2006 - People
Widget, Mash-up, Mashet, Widge-up, Mix-in
Gliffy is Web Office Technology
Speaking at CTC Boston
A Blogger Vs. Multimullion dollar marketing
Real Enterprise Web 2.0 Scenarios – Projects
Guy Kawasaki Top 10 Conspiracy
Spreadsheet Wars! Microsoft, Google and SocialText
Is Microsoft Losing its Network Effect?
Forget Robots - and it isn't an assembly line
Enterprise Blog Video
iC scoopes Tech Crunch and Susan Mernit
Will they steal my idea?
Great SaaS Blog: Boasso on Business
Google trends shows blog above wiki, email and excel
Sphere is changing the game
WordPress Winning Search Mind Share Over MovableType
How to start a good business blog
SaaS 2.0 is Web Office
AOL's Snaggable Modules are AJAX Badges
RSS aggregators
Soccer Stars, Emergence and Managing Flat Organizations
Microsoft spinning out start-ups
Real Enterprise Web 2.0 Scenarios - People
In Praise of Appliances
Great Enterprise Web 2.0 Article By Martin LaMonica
This is how I roll
Wow! Microsoft Really is Listening!
Yo! Listen Up!
Web Office Gets Real: Innovator Dr. Thierry Barsalou
Hockey stick enabling technologies
Blogtronix is Web Office Technology
Micromanagers & Bureaucracies Vs. Smart Teams
Dennis D. McDonald on Enterprise Web 2.0
Speaking at Gilbane Conference on Enterprise Blogging
Google Calendar is NOT Standard Compliant
Check Out Intranet Blog
Turning Structured Blogging into Structured Elements
Can live clip work as a true mashup platform
Offically mashable enterprise software
Does Web Office mean you must trust your staff?
Zoho is Web Office Technology
Start blogging.... or you're FIRED!
Web Office is all about the HTML
eyeOS is Web Office Technology
Cognez is Web Office Technology
Solve 360 is Web Office Technology
Innovation is not proportional to money spent
Simple Cut & Paste Request - Make Transition Easy
Has iSaaS also changed the diagram?
We don't need Google Mini... yet
AlphaTap is flat out cool
Phil Sim on Google / Writely
Has Web 2.0 changed the diagram?
Playing to their egos
Google Page Creator - Web Office tool for non power users
Micromanagement
The Next Wave in Productivity Tools - Web Office
Richard MacManus and ZD/Net on Web Office
Web Office Wars - Google won this week's battle Vs. Microsoft
Great Summary of TiE Event
Definition of Web 2.0 in the Enterprise
Why do business users need to be programming?
AJAX Badge Logo - V2 - Open Source
AJAX Badge Logo - Open Source
3Bubbles - An Ajax Badge Application
Web 2.0 in the Enterprise Event
GMail is being turned into a Web Office solution
The Next Wave in Productivity Tools - Web Office White Paper
Empowered Individual Vs. Controlled Group
Google's Marissa Mayer on Creativity and Constraints
Laszlo is Web Office Technology
badges: a new approach to executable tools for blogs
CalendarHub is Web Office Technology
Ruby on Rails Pragmatic Stuido Alumni,
Pragmatic Manager - Lessons from Ruby on Rails
The Economist on The New Organization
Web Office Means Instant Switch to Apple iMac
What is Web Office
The Role of IT Departments in building Web Office
Enterprise blog as information capture system
1,000 Blog Servers for 1,000 Enterprise Blogs
Podzinger is Web Office Technology
IT|Redux
Google Replacement for Office
Web Office Screencast - Part I
Novel Thinking as a Survival Tactic
NetVibes is Web Office Technology
Business Case for Enterprise Blogging
Start innovating, or move to Mumbai
Enterprise Blogging
The Solution – How to bake innovation into your organization’s DNA
The Micromanagement Flaw
Motivation by Reputation
Portals and KM - and One Interface
Conclusion – Innovation in an emergent organization must be supported by a structured platform
Nevermind Web 2.0 - Web Office is real!
A Look at Structured Blogging in Movable Type
How Structured Blogging & Microformats will Help your Company Innovate
Example – The success and structure of an open-source encyclopedia
Adam Kalsey - Web Office Rockstar!
Example – The structured platform that supports other open-source software
The need for a structured platform as the basis of an environment that supports emergent innovation
Microformats are the Nano Technology of Web 2.0
Leveraged Blogging with an XML Page Behind and Loose Coupling
Blogosphere Feedback Improves Innovation Creators
Details of Digg like Voting system for Wikipedia
A Digg type tool can solve Wikipedia's problems
Make Money Betting on Enterprise Digg
Top 15 Requirements for Web Office - (ie Applied Web 2.0)
The importance of a people centric Web Office solution
Example – Linux: How a hobby grew into a structured platform that supports emergent innovation
DocuSign is Web Office Technology
Six Apart's MovableType is Web Office Technology
Socialtext is Web Office Technology
Zimbra is Web Office Technology
gOFFICE is Web Office Technology
NumSum is Web Office Technology
Writely is Web Office Technology
SalesForce is Web Office Technology
LinkedIn is Web Office Technology
Gmail is Web Office Technology
Backpack is Web Office Technology
Digg is upgrading - Maybe Enterprise Digg is Next
Example – How financial derivatives, and how co-operation created a billion dollar industry
Yahoo integrates RSS feeds into Email - A future Web Office feature
Enterprise Digg
Word is Dead - AJAX killed the Word Processor
Example – How successful consulting firms gather the complete know-how of the organization in a Just-In-Time fashion and focus it on solving a problem
Open Office XML - Build a doc straight from a blog or a wiki
Innovation requires fun, tolerance and play
Spontaneous Organization - Emergence Theory - Enterprise Blogs
Maybe Open Office won't be Flocked - Instead Office could be AJAXed
Is Open Office Going to be Flocked?
Don't Automate - Build Tools
Rigid Process can Kill Innovation
TinkerX
Example – US forces playing the enemy in war-games
Emergent organizations produce innovation from a structured environment; and not from the organization’s structure or hierarchy
Turning Knowledge Workers into Innovation Creators Essay
Characteristics of an Environment that Fosters Innovation Creators
Directory of Web Office Technology
Even the NY Times agrees - Innovators are Rebels
Innovation creators are Mavericks – Learn to Love ‘em
FORTUNE Innovation Forum
Woffice
No wonder Microsoft is concerned
Innovation creators thrive in an environment that encourages dialogue
Can people execute if they are focused on personal career growth?
Innovation creators need to grow – The Principle of Reciprocal Altruism
Applying Content Technologies to Enterprise Applications
He’s Cheesie, But Makes a Good Point
Stats on Innovation
Innovation creators need to own a piece of the pie
Innovation creators need to know what is going on … but it must be done efficiently
Innovation creators need to know who is who
Focus on the People - the Innovation Creators
Tactical Step Two
Tactical Step One
Some people cannot change
If Innovation Means Profits, How Do You Design an Organization to Generate Innovation
What are Emergent Organizations
Repeating Innovation is Critical to Sustaining Above Average Long Term Profits
Why the New Job - Global Competition Means Substantial Profits Require Constant Innovation
An Introduction to Your New Role as an Innovation Creator
Executive Summary
Watch this space....
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