Comments on: Getting Kind of Hectic http://andrewmcafee.org/2007/02/getting_kind_of_hectic/ The Business Impact of IT Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: lifequotes http://andrewmcafee.org/2007/02/getting_kind_of_hectic/comment-page-1/#comment-20199 lifequotes Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:52:03 +0000 #comment-20199 Keep posts like these coming, I just loved your work, keep posting like this, will surely be back again! Keep posts like these coming, I just loved your work, keep posting like this, will surely be back again!

]]> By: lifequotes http://andrewmcafee.org/2007/02/getting_kind_of_hectic/comment-page-1/#comment-7768 lifequotes Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:52:03 +0000 #comment-7768 Keep posts like these coming, I just loved your work, keep posting like this, will surely be back again! Keep posts like these coming, I just loved your work, keep posting like this, will surely be back again!

]]> By: termlife http://andrewmcafee.org/2007/02/getting_kind_of_hectic/comment-page-1/#comment-6525 termlife Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:43:28 +0000 #comment-6525 I am totally impressed with your work, thanks a lot for posting, will surely be following your feeds from now on, thanks:-) I am totally impressed with your work, thanks a lot for posting, will surely be following your feeds from now on, thanks:-)

]]> By: Dennis McDonald http://andrewmcafee.org/2007/02/getting_kind_of_hectic/comment-page-1/#comment-3025 Dennis McDonald Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:37:10 +0000 #comment-3025 This is a small data point, but I have been surprised that a blog post I wrote last November, "Open Sources of Competitive National Intelligence are Open for Business" (http://www.ddmcd.com/open_sources.html), has been consistently one of the "top ten" most frequently hit posts on my blog (http://www.ddmcd.com/my_top_ten_posts.html). My post discussed a news report from last November on how the CIA had announced the operation of a unit to monitor all public sources of information for useful intelligence. I know from interviewing government folks that acceptance of social media such as blogs and wikis has been rapidly accepted in some quarters. In others, the ability of social media to allow communication across organizational siloes is seen as problematic. One official I interviewed said there had been resistance to blogs and wikis from those who wanted to maintain siloes as insurance against the possibility that security might be compromised in one area. How universal that view is I donÂ’t know. This is a small data point, but I have been surprised that a blog post I wrote last November, “Open Sources of Competitive National Intelligence are Open for Business” (http://www.ddmcd.com/open_sources.html), has been consistently one of the “top ten” most frequently hit posts on my blog (http://www.ddmcd.com/my_top_ten_posts.html).

My post discussed a news report from last November on how the CIA had announced the operation of a unit to monitor all public sources of information for useful intelligence. I know from interviewing government folks that acceptance of social media such as blogs and wikis has been rapidly accepted in some quarters. In others, the ability of social media to allow communication across organizational siloes is seen as problematic.

One official I interviewed said there had been resistance to blogs and wikis from those who wanted to maintain siloes as insurance against the possibility that security might be compromised in one area. How universal that view is I donÂ’t know.

]]> By: Yoav http://andrewmcafee.org/2007/02/getting_kind_of_hectic/comment-page-1/#comment-3024 Yoav Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:50:29 +0000 #comment-3024 I think we can learn a lot from both articles. And more importantly from contrast between the suspicion and doubt that Enterprise 2.0 technologies are treated with in the business sector (InformationWeek article) and the unbridled enthusiasm of the Military intelligence sector (ComputerWorld). The difference stems from the culture of the organizations. While Military Intelligence (not necessarily military) is all about knowledge sharing, corporation rarely regard it as a goal and so do corporate employees. If corporations want to promote knowledge sharing, they need to create an environment that notices and rewards it. Otherwise (and no matter how much money they invest in technology), knowledge sharing will not emerge. Just my 2c. I think we can learn a lot from both articles. And more importantly from contrast between the suspicion and doubt that Enterprise 2.0 technologies are treated with in the business sector (InformationWeek article) and the unbridled enthusiasm of the Military intelligence sector (ComputerWorld).

The difference stems from the culture of the organizations. While Military Intelligence (not necessarily military) is all about knowledge sharing, corporation rarely regard it as a goal and so do corporate employees.

If corporations want to promote knowledge sharing, they need to create an environment that notices and rewards it. Otherwise (and no matter how much money they invest in technology), knowledge sharing will not emerge.

Just my 2c.

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