The Boostzone Institute WEB REVIEW N°11. December 2011
‘‘ I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat ’’Winston Churchill
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Summary
Major trends in the globalized world- Why Iceland should be in the news, but is not........p.2- How to make money when economy is failing.......p.2- La génération Y porte plainte contre X.....................p.2 - Is coworking the new incubator?.............................p.2
Corporate social and environmental responsability - Consumers expect CEOs to be held accountable and take action on CSR.....................................................p.2- The sustainability movement: five trends on this side of the Atlantic..............................................................p.3- Study finds sustainable companies ‘‘significantly out-perform’’ financially.....................................................p.3
Management in the future world of work- Scientists prove telecommuting is awesome.........p.3- La France à la traîne sur le télétravail..................p.3- ROWE: The grown-up version of work...................p.3- Presenteeism ‘‘a growing trend in UK businesses’’.p.3- The connected company.........................................p.4
Enterprise 2.0 and mobile enterprise- 10 components of collaborative intelligence..........p.4
- How social technologies are extending the organization..........................................................p.4
Internet and social networks- 25 worst passwords of 2011.....................................p.4- Separating you and me? 4.74 degrees.................p.4- Kinect : La révolution en marche.............................p.4- 2012 sera l’année du Big Data…............................p.5
Brand and personnal online reputation and influence- Le personal branding ou le «tout à l’ego» ?..............p.5- La mauvaise e-réputation.......................................p.5
Personal development and learning- The way we teach math, sciences, and languages is wrong.....................................................................p.5- Not only curation but also moderation and didactics.......................................................................................p.5
More notable links................................p.6
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Editorial
The famous phrase ‘‘ blood, toil, tears and sweat ‘‘ was first uttered in 1849 by Giuseppe Garibaldi when rallying his revolutionary forces in Rome. Theodore Roosevelt also uttered the phrase in 1897, following his appointment as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. However, this phrase became well known after Churchill’s first speech to the House after taking over as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the first year of World War II. We’ll probably hear often things like this in the coming months.
La célèbre expression «du sang, de la sueur et des larmes» a été prononcée en 1849 par Giuseppe Gari-baldi lorsqu’il a rassemblé ses forces révolutionnaires à Rome. Théodore Roosevelt l’a également prononcée en 1897, suite à sa nomination comme secrétaire adjoint de la Marine. Cependant, elle est devenue mondia-lement célèbre après le premier discours de Churchill en tant que Premier ministre du Royaume-Uni durant la première année de la seconde guerre mondiale. Nous devrions l’entendre souvent dans les mois à venir.
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Why Iceland should be in the news, but is notSACSIS, Deena Stryker, August 15, 2011
As almost every european country is facing major financial risks, the small northern country, Iceland, should become an example. The financial crisis rou-ghly hit a country that presented a strong growth since many years. While the debt sky rocketed, the Kroner lost 85% of its value with respect to the Euro. But this crisis resulted in Icelanders recovering their sovereign rights. This article (August 2011) explains why european citi-zens should look to Iceland, an example of how and why to refuse to bow to foreign interests might rein-force sovereignty.
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How to make money when economy is failingThe Daily Beast, Rob Baedeker, November 21, 2011
With the crisis, the purchasing power of every citizen is tumbling. And a fascinating point is that strangers are willing to pay their neighbour to rent their belongings, in order to save a few pennies. The fact that anyone can make money from stuff not used anymore is an incredible discovery. This article give details about this increasing trends: “collaborative consumption”.
Is coworking the new incubator ?Deskmag, Dave Bunnell & Jeannine van der Linden,
November 14, 2011
Paraphrasing Wikipedia, co-working could be defined as “a style of work which involves independent pro-fessionals sharing a work environment; usually in a coworking space”. Nowadays, it is not uncommon for co-workers to communicate and collaborate everyday with others in coworking spaces, online, world widely. This article wonders if coworking is the new incubator.
La génération Y porte plainte contre XActsense, 25 novembre 2011
Égoïstes, paresseux, intolérants, c’est en ces termes que sont qualifiés les jeunes par un panel de Français lors d’un sondage réalisé pour Le Monde.Manque de confiance et incompréhension envers sa jeunesse ? Signes d’une société vieillissante ?Quoiqu’il en soit, l’auteur de l’article se lance dans un plaidoyer concis mais efficace pour la tolérance et l’altruisme intergénérationnel. Un résumé pertinent du ressenti de nombreux jeunes en France.
Consumers expect CEOs to be held accountable and take action on CSR
Citizen Polity, James Epstein-Reeves, November 7, 2011
An important study revealed that American consumers expect firms to do well financially while being res-ponsible on how they act. 83% agree that enterprises should accomplish their business targets while trying to improve society and the environment. This article asserts that the manner in which firms make profit becomes more important than the profit in itself.
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The sustainability movement: five trends on this side of the Atlantic
The Guardian, Peter Madden, November 9, 2011
While hit by the debt crisis, the EU remains a major market maker in environmental standards and regu-lation. This article gives the few themes the author used in its last San Francisco’s presentation on the latest trends for business sustainability in Europe: a root and branch questioning of capitalism, changing consumers through brands, how to integrate thinking on biodiversity into their sustainability strategies and the emphasis as on overlaying digital intelligence on existing infrastructure.
Study finds sustainable companies ‘‘significantly outperform’’ financially
Business Ethics, Michael Connor, November 14, 2011
When companies embody a sustainable business image, CEOs are more likely to be aware of their im-pact in term of sustainability; whereas traditional firms with compensation based on short-term metrics push managers towards decisions that forget the long-term value creation. This article reveals the results of a study led by the Harvard Business School and the London Business School: companies with a high sustainable business culture “significantly outperform their counterparts over the long-term, both in terms of stock market and ac-counting performance”.
Scientists prove telecommuting is awesomeGigaOM, Jessica Stillman, November 14, 2011
Researchers of Stanford set out a study in order to compare telecommuters with office-based employees. This article gives the results of the study. And they are astonishing…
La France à la traîne sur le télétravail20 Minutes, 15 novembre 2011
Frédéric Lefebvre, le secrétaire d’Etat chargé des PME, a annoncé lors d’une conférence à Bercy, que le télétravail ne concernait que 9% des salariés fran-çais contre 18% des européens. Son développement semblant être une volonté gouvernementale, une série de mesures a été annoncée dont un plan d’action com-portant trois grands axes : une simplification du cadre juridique du télétravail, une facilitation du recours au télétravail et une meilleure information des salariés et des entreprises sur le sujet.
ROWE: the grown-up version of workBrazen, Kelly Gurnett, November 3, 2011
Probably, the way we work is not the best one. That’s the premise behind the Results-Only Work Envi-ronment (ROWE) initiative. The authors of the study believe the modern workplace is cluttered with regu-lations, expectations and wrong practices that have nothing to do with the actual work we’re supposed to be doing. This article details the benefits of focusing on em-ployees’ results only: workers are more efficient, disruptions disappear, employees get their lives back, adults are treated like adults, the wheat is cut from the chaff and employers win, too.
Presenteeism ‘‘a growing trend in UK businesses’’
CMI, Tim Chambers, November 17, 2011
Uncertainty surrounding job security is leading to wor-kers spending more time in the office to appear va-luable to their managers. According to a study, 41% of workers feel pressure ‘‘visible’’ in the office. More than 25% think the interpretation of their performance is based on how much time they spend in the office rather than their outputs. This short article explains the importance to encourage flexible working.
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Enterprise 2.0 and mobile enterprise
Internet and social networks
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10 components of collaborative intelligenceCMS Wire, David Coleman, November 21, 2011
We all know about Intelligence Quotient and Emotio-nal Intelligence, but very few deals with Collaborative Intelligence. The thing that makes someone a fine col-laborator is frequently their frame of mind, coupled with precise knowledge and tools. Realize that tools are enablers, they can’t make group work together, they can just facilitate the relations.
Kinect : La révolution en marcheDocs News, 8 novembre 2011
Saviez-vous que la Kinect possède le titre de l’objet électronique le plus rapidement vendu de tous les temps ? Huit millions d’exemplaires pour le premier mois de vente. D’ailleurs, savez-vous ce qu’est la Kinect ?
C’est un périphérique équipé de caméras et de micros qui permet de jouer à la console Xbox sans manette grâce à ses capacités de reconnaissance vocale et de détection de mouvements.Si Microsoft pensait, en lançant Kinect il y a un an, révolutionner le monde du jeu vidéo, il semble qu’il ait initié un mouvement qui lui a échappé et qui va bien plus loin que le simple divertissement de salon. En effet, de nombreux développeurs se sont emparés de cet objet qui offre une excellente technologie pour un prix bas et ont fait de belles avancées technologiques, parfois avec des applications inattendues.Ainsi, certains l’utilisent pour piloter des robots, d’autres pour faire de l’essayage vestimentaire, d’autres pour faire de la rééducation pour les victimes d’attaques cérébrales. La démocratisation de la dématérialisation de l’interac-tion nous fait entrer de façon fulgurante dans une nou-velle ère des interfaces hommes-machines.
Separating you and me? 4.74 degreesNew York Times, John Markoff & Somini Sengupta,
November 21, 2011
A conventional wisdom would assert that the explana-tion of the smaller gap between you and me are sum-med up in ‘‘social media’’: Facebook friends are bound to bring us closer together. This article shows that the average number of acquain-tances that separate two people is smaller than belie-ved: 4.74 not 6.
25 worst passwords of 2011Mashable, Zoe Fox, November 18, 2011
Choosing “password” as a password is a nice idea… if you’re hoping to be an easy target for hackers! This article gives the list of the worst password eve-ryone can choose: sequences of adjacent numbers or letters, popular names…
The connected companySlideshare, Dachis Group, November 2011
Social business, first described by Muhammad Yunus, can be assimilated to a “non-dividend, non-loss com-pany designed to address a social objective within the highly regulated marketplace of today”. Here is a presentation from Dave Gray, founder of XPLANE and SVP Strategy at Dachis Group, on the future of social business.
How social technologies are extending the organization
McKinsey Quarterly, Jacques Bughin, Angela Hung Byers & Michael Chui , November 17, 2011
When social technologies are used as an emerging type of networked firm and incorporated into the way employees work, they can amplify financial perfor-mance and market share of the firm. This survey on the way firms use social tools and technologies reveals that they keep on seeping into many enterprises, chan-ging business processes and increasing performance.
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Personal development and learning
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2012 sera l’année du Big Data…Silicon.fr, Yves Grandmontagne, 24 novembre 2011
Immergeons-nous quelques instants dans des chiffres impressionnants: 9,57 Zettaoctects (10 puissance 21 d’octets) d’informations ont été consommées sur le web en 2008 alors que le nombre d’abonnés Inter-net en 2010 dans le monde a été multiplié par 7 de-puis 2000. Il y a aujourd’hui 2 milliards d’abonnés qui s’équipent également de téléphones mobiles connec-tés. Selon Ericsson, en 2015, 80% des connexions se feront via le mobile. On attend ainsi pas moins de 3,4 milliards d’abonnés 3G en 2015 alors qu’ils n’étaient encore que 500 millions en 2010. Au sein des organisations, cela se traduit par de plus en plus de données à stocker, ce qui n’est ni simple, ni gratuit. La problématique n’est pas seulement éco-nomique, mais également technologique : l’entreprise dispose-t-elle des moyens nécessaires pour s’équiper et pour administrer ses données et surtout pour les analyser ? Pour Matt Oostveen, directeur de recherche chez IDC Australie, la réponse est dans le Big Data.
Le personal branding ou le «tout à l’ego» ?Ma vie pro, Dom Bochel,
16 novembre 2011
Voici un billet qui dénonce certaines dérives du perso-nal branding. Dérives qui, comme le souligne Olivier Zara dans les commentaires, sont de deux ordres:- ceux qui s’autoproclament experts sans la légitimité ni les qualités nécessaires;- ceux qui utilisent la méthode et les outils pour essayer d’élaborer leur glorification personnelle.Si Olivier Zara partage l’analyse de l’auteur de l’article, il ne manque pas de préciser que ces dérives restent malgré tout les exceptions et non la règle.
La mauvaise e-réputationOWNI, Sylvain Léauthier, 10 Novembre 2011
Voici un article rafraîchissant qui remet en cause de nombreuses idées reçues et relativise l’approche de l’e-réputation généralement faites par les articles trai-tant du sujet. De l’obsession narcissique au mythe du candidat à l’embauche éconduit en passant par la re-définition de la vie privée, pouvons-nous prétendre à l’insouciance numérique ?
The way we teach math, sciences, and languages is wrong
Freakonomics, Sanjoy Mahajan, November 2, 2011
Why the way we teach many subjects, especially science and languages, is so unsuccessful? How could we improve it? Despite lot of hours spent in school, almost each stu-dent remains with a poor level in specific lessons, par-ticularly science and languages. Rather than starting the course with “motion in a straight line at constant speed”, the author of the ar-ticle estimates that we could explain physics concepts by estimating “the gas mileage of a 747 by dropping coffee filters - thereby giving the concepts depth and meaning”.
Not only curation but also moderation and didacticsChallenge to learn, Kasper Spiro, November 15, 2011
“Will e-learning become obsolete?” Probably not. Cura-tion filters news and helps you to deal with informa-tion overload. Too much information and no learning experience should be fought with curation, but also moderation and didactics. This article explains why the role of e-learning, and the one of its developers might become more important in the short term.
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More Notable Links
- Strange places to find open sourcehttp://news.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/2218212/strange-places-to-find-open-source
- The hidden infrastructure of the Internethttp://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/11/the-hidden-infrastructure-of-the-internet/248055/
- Darpa begs hackers: secure our networks, end ‘‘season of darkness’’http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/11/darpa-hackers-cybersecurity/
- Mobile and informal learning: trends for 2012http://www.slideshare.net/jbersin/mobile-and-informal-learning-trends-for-2012
- The 12 truths of modern public relationshttp://www.slideshare.net/bobpickard/corporate-communications-in-the-age-of-social-technology-9643693
- Your brain vs technology: how our wired world is changing the way we thinkhttp://www.silicon.com/technology/hardware/2011/11/10/your-brain-vs-technology-how-our-wired-world-is-changing-the-way-we-think-39747925/
- Nearly quarter of workers are depressedhttp://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/11/11/nearly-quarter-of-workers-are-depressed/
- Ramping up the emotional side of marketing when it can’t be measuredhttp://www.fastcompany.com/1794045/ramping-up-the-emotional-side-of-marketing-when-it-cant-be-measured
- Les femmes se socialisent, les hommes s’informent et se divertissenthttp://www.docnews.fr/actualites/femmes-socialisent-hommes-informent-divertissent,10965.html
- Google’s Lab of wildest dreamshttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/14/technology/at-google-x-a-top-secret-lab-dreaming-up-the-future.html?_r=2
- Can understanding our ancestors help us to consume less?http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/consumer-behaviour-history-consumption-patterns
- How pursuit of profits kills innovation and the U.S. economyhttp://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2011/11/18/clayton-christensen-how-pursuit-of-profits-kills-innovation-and-the-us-economy/
- Lying is more common when we emailhttp://scienceblog.com/49579/lying-is-more-common-when-we-email/
- ‘Pre-social network’ finds you friends in your hang-outshttp://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228405.900-presocial-network-finds-you-friends-in-your-hangouts.html
- How to use Google search more effectivelyhttp://mashable.com/2011/11/24/google-search-infographic/
- 18,4 millions de jobs trouvés sur Facebook aux US cette annéehttp://fr.mashable.com/2011/11/30/184-millions-de-jobs-trouves-sur-facebook-aux-us-cette-annee/
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