Edge Perspectives with John Hagel: Unanswered Questions at Supernova 2007

Edge Perspectives with John Hagel: Unanswered Questions at Supernova 2007

In another great post from John Hagel, one can find some very deep questions in the intersection of business strategy and information technology. Willing to see the outcome of the Deloitte institute.

The areas I find most challenging as I have mentioned in my comment there, are the impacts on organizational design of non-equilibrium situations. If companies adopt a "wikipedia innovation model" that requires that products are launched half-baked, and letting others finish them, what are the implications for the firm?

Another area that I find very interesting is the role of companies as talent development machines. I think that companies will progressively become like hubs that attract talent because individuals can experiment with others that they won't be able to find in other places.

Finally, I find that the area dedicated to platform questions would be enriched if the need for Information Management was included. As I've written many times before, we're in our infancy in the way we measure the value of information both from the individual as well as the corporate perspective. SOA based architectures are fine from the technology perspective, but we need more. We also need means to normalize our information inside companies, but much more when interactions abound with external organizations and individuals.