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A while back now, jour­nal­ist Sue Bushell inter­viewed me on the sub­ject of Enter­prise 2.0. We talked a cou­ple of times over a few days and now, her major arti­cle has been pub­lished in the Aus­tralian ver­sion of CIO magazine.

Most excit­ing for me is that Sue has used me as the lead inter­view in the piece! Here’s the open­ing cou­ple of paragraphs:

Canberra-​​based knowl­edge econ­omy and social com­put­ing evan­ge­list Stephen Collins heard a quote ear­lier this year that per­fectly describes the Enter­prise 2.0 dilemma: “If you want to find out what tools your staff are find­ing most use­ful at the moment, just go and see what your IT depart­ment is blocking.”

All too true, and not nearly as funny as it sounds at first glance, Collins declares. With Aus­tralia appar­ently sev­eral steps behind the US and Europe in Enter­prise 2.0/Web 2.0/social media uptake, and cor­po­rate efforts at adop­tion thwarted by lack of real under­stand­ing, Collins is frus­trated, call­ing this block­ing atti­tude “frankly criminal”.

It’s a really good, in-​​depth piece that takes a look at all the fac­tors — cul­ture, hype, risk, secu­rity, the need to con­nect you organ­i­sa­tion inter­anally and across the wall and the very real fact that work is chang­ing. This is not your father’s busi­ness world.

You should def­i­nitely book­mark the arti­cle. It’s an ideal one to toss on your manager’s desk.