For years I've been hounded to blog. I've always avoided it.  I was either concerned about the time, blurring the line between my corporate and personal views, or that I'd simply offer just another set of opinions to a space filled with noise. After much prodding from industry colleagues and friends I've come to the conclusion that I need to offer up my ideas here as a way to make them concrete, and to represent myself in the social and business circles I've navigated for so many years. A disclaimer: the opinions you see posted here are mine and in no way represent my employer, my employers positions or offerings.

Since 2006 I've been deeply involved in the work of Enterprise 2.0, both from the strategy, development, and deployment of technology, and around my passion;  adoption, and teaching the shift that comes with it.

In the years that preceded that I'd been involved in internal corporate efforts to push emerging technology information to a global enterprise through a number of media and demonstration vehicles. I was focused on research, acquisition, integration, marketing and demonstrations. My speaking and juggling skills brought me to the support of fifty-plus communities, which in time morphed into my responsibilities around implementing the internal E2.0 effort that quickly turned those fifty communities into four hundred and fifty.  I've been an intimate resident of the structured corporate world for well longer than I ever imagined.

In that time I've developed my own understanding of what works and what doesn't across myriad, and sometimes competing cultures. I've had success in changing minds and teaching the staunchest resistor to embrace ideas and practices they vowed to never take on. I plan to use this space to talk about my ideas, and to wax poetic about relevant news  and discussion. I'll talk about my perspectives on Enterprise 2.0 and all it encompasses. From community management, to governance, strategy and adoption; I've got a lot of opinions, and I'm guessing you do to, so let's get to it.

Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoy.

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