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SkyNews Interview: Mobile and web collaboration build high-performance organizations

Ross Dawson, January 12, 2009 1:28 PM US PT

I was recently interviewed on SkyNews about how mobile and web technologies are relevant to organizations today - the video of the interview is below.

A few points that I made in the interview:

* Technology should be focused on getting effective contribution and participation from staff, and building efficiencies and productivity.
* Critical technologies include mobility, web 2.0, and video.
* Business value includes discovering resources in the organizations, getting products to market quicker, and enabling richer business conversations.
* Today many larger organizations are seeking to tap the energy of their younger staff, who expect their employees to use current technologies.
* The key issue today is building collaborative, high-performance organizations that will be successful in challenging times and be positioned for the next economic upturn when it comes.

Ross Dawson is globally recognized as a leading futurist, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, strategy advisor, and bestselling author. He is Founding Chairman of four companies: professional services and venture firm Advanced Human Technologies, future and strategy consulting group Future Exploration Network, leading events firm The Insight Exchange, and influence ratings start-up Repyoot.

Ross is author most recently of Implementing Enterprise 2.0, the prescient Living Networks, which anticipated the social network revolution, and the Amazon.com bestseller Developing Knowledge-Based Client Relationships (click on the links for free chapter downloads). He is based in Sydney and San Francisco with his wife jewellery designer Victoria Buckley and two beautiful young daughters.