The Economist: 7 findings on the digital company

October 12th, 2008 Lois Kelly Posted in Activating change |

Ready or not legal and IT, major 2.0 changes will shift how we work within the next five years. Here are seven key findings from the new report, The Digital Company 2013: The Freedom to Collaborate, from The Economist Intelligence Unit.

Technology knowledge will permeate the enterprise.
Social networks will be common in the workplace, like it or not.
Beware information paralysis.
Digital tools will democratise access to information.
Digital tools provide employees with greater control over the information they can access.
IT will also need to loosen the reins.
Ceding technology control will be good medicine.

Hat tip for this good, free study to Jon Husband over at the AppGap.

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