Case Managers are Artists

There is a lot of discussion about what ACM should be, often talking about what a “user” will want.  But there are many kinds of users who have many differing needs.  To break out of this trap, I don’t use the term “user”.  I use the term “case manager” or “knowledge worker” and when I say this, think of something like “artist”.   Like author Dan Pink says, knowledge workers are creative people like artists. Continue reading →

John Hagel on Social Technology Adoption

John Hagel III co-author of the book “The Power of Pull” was invited on stage for a discussion with Dr. Pehong Chen, CEO of BroadVision about how companies are (or are not) adopting of social technologies at the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Santa Clara yesterday. I am a big fan of him and his latest book, so I took notes on how he sees companies resolving these difficulties. Continue reading →