The Facebook Imperative Cannot Be Stopped /by @MarcBenioff
I’m energized by the excitement I see for a new generation of collaboration software in the enterprise to replace antiquated Microsoft Sharepoint servers and IBM’s Lotus Notes. I’ve enjoyed seeing my observation—that Lotus Notes was conceived before Mark Zuckerberg—reverberate around the web. But, the reality is the Facebook Imperative contained more than a funny line. It hit a nerve. We are all responding—debating—a question that is an imperative because we all need to take software to a new level, and now is the time. Microsoft and IBM have maintained the status quo on enterprise collaboration software too long, and it’s time for a change.
via techcrunch.com
The Laws of Disruption | Larry Downes
The Laws of Disruption
Larry Downes’ new book explores the accident-prone intersection of innovation and the law.
What is the Law of Disruption? Introduced in the 1998 classic, “Unleashing the Killer App,” the Law of Disruption is a simple but devastating principle explaining the resistance to change:
Social, political, and economic systems change incrementally, but technology changes exponentially.
Where Killer App looked at ways business could use faster adoption as a means to competitive advantage, The Laws of Disruption explores, ten years into the Internet revolution, what has happened to social, political, and legal systems that now lag dangerously far behind.
In particular, the book describes nine emerging principles for a new legal foundation, built on the unique economic properties of information. These nine principles, representing the most contentious areas of transformation today, form the laws of disruption.
via larrydownes.com
Diane Sawyer on being a powerful witness
"You have to believe your first job is to be a powerful witness," she said in the article, describing her recent time in Haiti. "I say powerful in the sense that there are 500 people in front of you who need water, and all you want to do is drop everything and go get them water. But you have to remember your job is to help get water for 5 million people--for your heart will soon break if you don't believe that you can do something for everybody. You say to yourself, 'I will turn your pain into purpose. I will try to turn your pain into a fulcrum that moves the world to help.'"
