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The end of business as usual

Posted on the 07 July, 2010 at 11:17 pm Written by Eli Weir in Culture, Innovation, Social Business, Technology

In case you haven’t heard, the industrial revolution is over. It’s long gone. In fact, the information age has also blown through town. Unfortunately, most organisations act as though we haven’t learnt anything in the last 150 years.In order to survive and prosper, that thinking needs to change.

Jive Software is leading the charge on changing how we do business, rolling up social networking theory, social media, crowd-sourcing, decentralisation, emergence, advances in communication and other goodness into Jive SBS and their “new way” to do business. As Jive says, “We’re in the midst of the biggest from > to in a generation, the biggest change to how work gets done is happening right now.”

Here’s Jive’s take on the most exciting thing to happen to the enterprise in decades.

Jive Software: The New Way to Business from Jive Software on Vimeo.

Businesses that get social are architecting a company for the long game, creating a business model that endures with social at the center of its core. It’s the most exciting thing to happen to the enterprise in decades.

Personally, I can’t wait for the end of business as usual …

About the author

Eli Weir has been involved in the technology industry for over 16 years, performing roles from UX Designer to SW Developer, CTO to CEO. Eli is a Director of SlapFu and works with organisations in an advisory capacity, sharing his passion for innovation, social media, and cloud computing.

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