
Setting Sights on New Heights with 7 Summits!
Announcing my new gig today! [Press Release] I’ve accepted an offer to work for a gutsy startup with big plans: 7 Summits. Based out of Milwaukee and Chicago, this fast-growing team has been #killingit building award-winning Jive communities that succeed on a foundation of strategy and solid user experience to deliver clearly articulated business results. […]

Redesigning the Enterprise from the People Up
Top-down business process design is getting a bit of a bad rap at the moment, and deservedly so, say some. There’s a new meme in town called social business that says we should design enterprise systems around the people that…

Avoiding Social Stovepipes in the Enterprise
One of my first thoughts about the pricing announced a year ago for Salesforce.com’s Chatter collaboration tool was that it should be free to casual users: “Salesforce.com will be wise to make its as-yet unpriced ‘Chatter Lite’ license — which provides Chatter without Force.com or Content — free-of-charge. This should become the Chatter equivalent of […]

Mama Weer All Crazee-Social Now!
Indeed, a Quiet Riot is percolating in the heretofore boring ERP sector. I spotted Josh Greenbaum‘s post on “Enterprise Relationship Planning” this afternoon. In the Council, we have dredged up a 90s label– The Extended Enterprise– to categorize discussions about how our members are architecting their socio-collaborative initiatives to span partners in their supplier, distributor, […]

Women in Tech: Susan Scrupski
My friend, and I use that term in its true confidant sense, Susan Scrupski was recognized by Fast Company magazine for being one of the most influential women in technology. I am very proud of her for this recognition but more so for all the hard work she had devoted herself to which this list […]

Dachis Acquisition Machine Reaches the 2.0 Adoption Council
Emerging Enterprise 2.0 Consultancy the Dachis Group has just acquired The 2.0 Adoption Council. I have mixed feelings about the deal. On one hand I am happy for Susan Scrupski, fellow Enterprise Irregular and E2.0 evangelist / thought leader. On the other hand I would have preferred to see the Council remain independent – I’ve […]
Going Rogue: Taking a Leap of Faith – in Humanity, the Social Web, and the Brilliance of Marshall Kirkpatrick
By Susan Scrupski on February 7, 2013
So, I’m alone again, naturally.* I have been letting friends know over the past few weeks that I resigned from my incredibly great new position at 7Summits. It was not them; it was me. The more I got into the thick of the work, I realized I am far too independent for a real day […]
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