Entries Categorized as 'Wisdom of the Crowds'

Social Video for the US Intelligence Community

March 25, 2008 by Bob Gourley

ExecutiveBiz members have had the pleasure of interacting with a long line of IT thought leaders. One of note is Chris Rasmussen, a great advocate for information sharing and collaboration within the federal space and a master of the use of new tools to get groups working together on hard problems (read more about Chris […]

Speeding the delivery of Web2.0 capabilities into government

December 5, 2007 by Bob Gourley

IT leaders in government are wrestling with several competing forces in the Web2.0 world. The greatest force is a push for change towards more user-focused computing.  But a resisting counter force threatens to delay this change.
The counter force here is institutional inertia. Big organizations are just slow to change, and the larger, more complex the […]

James Surowiecki to Speak at Web 2.0 Conference

August 8, 2007 by John Stauffer

James Surowiecki, staff writer for The New Yorker and author of The Wisdom of the Crowds, will speak at the New New Internet’s Web 2.0 for Business Conference this November extolling the virtues of large group collective intelligence and its impact on Web 2.0 applications.
In the first pages of his best selling book, Surowiecki uses […]

Web 2.0 Lexicon

August 6, 2007 by John Stauffer

If you’ve spent any time in front of a computer in the last two years you’re likely to have come across a variety of new tools being touted, sometimes loudly, as the ultimate solution for any business. Often under the dubious moniker Web 2.0, this menu of tools ranges from blogs and podcasts to […]

Web 2.0 Group Eats Its Own Dog Food

July 31, 2007 by John Stauffer

If your business is in the Washington area, you’ve no doubt been solicited to attend what seems like an endless collection of summits, conferences, symposiums, and panel discussions. All too often, participants wander out of these cumbersome meetings feeling that it was a waste of time.
This frustration is common and it stems from the simple […]