Boostzone Institute - Web Review August 2011

The Boostzone Institute WEB REVIEW N°7. August 2011

“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping
others to succeed.”
Napoleon Hill, (October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970)

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Edito
Napoléon Hill (26 Octobre 1883 - 8 Novembre 1970) est un auteur américain précurseur du développement
personnel. Son œuvre la plus célèbre, Think and Grow Rich (1937), est l’un des livres les plus vendus de
tous les temps. L’une de ses expressions favorites est «L’Homme peut accomplir tout ce que son esprit peut
concevoir et croire». Sa pensée est toujours utile et parfaitement adaptée aux comportements à adopter dans
les communautés en ligne.

Napoleon Hill (October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970) was an American author who was one of the earliest
producers of the modern genre of personal-success literature. His most famous work, Think and Grow Rich
(1937), is one of the best-selling books of all times. «What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can
achieve» is one of Hill’s hallmark expressions. His thinking is always useful and perfectly adapted to the beha-
vior in online communities.

terry.zimmer@boostzone.fr
Sommaire
Major trends in a globalized world Internet and social networks
- Reinventing the informal economy.........................p.2 - La sphère publique du XXIe siècle.......................p.4
- Analytics of systemic crises and the role of global fi- - Study finds that memory works differently in the age
nancial safety nets................................................p.2 of Google....................................................................p.4
- The economics of co-creation....................................2 - Pentagon wants a social media propaganda ma-
- Des monnaies complémentaires pour changer la vie chine.............................................................p.4
.................................................................................p.2 - Google+: the complete guide................................p.5

Corporate and social environmental Personal and brand online reputation and
responsability influence
- Why business should care about fighting corruption.p.3 - E-réputation et idées reçues : 20 articles pour vos
- Economics of corporate social responsibility...........p.3 vacances..........................................................p.5
- Personal branding? Nonsense! It’s reputation...........p.5
Management in the future world of work - The future of personal branding : 5 predictions............p.5
- Defining the augmented leader................................p.3
- You future boss may be a robot...............................p.3 Personal development and learning
- What women want – The future of leadership.........p.3 - Training departments will shrink............................p.5
- Five tips for managing digital nomads..................p.4 - New technologies and the future of learning...........p.5

Enterprise 2.0 and mobile enterprise More notable links................................p.6
- Converging enterprise communications, IT and the
cloud - White Paper....................................................p.4
- Le bon sens numérique chez AXA France...............p.4

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The economics of co-creation
Majors Trends in the Blogging Innovation, Idris Mootee, July 5, 2011
Globalized World

Reinventing the informal economy
Science Blogs, Causaubon’s Book, Sharon Astyk,
June 27, 2011

In few years, customer co-creation will be the norm of
everyday business. But we must define it, as some-
times people refers it to anything from idea crowd-
sourcing to technical expert groups to simple product/
The role of the informal economy in supporting a service/marketing customization. One good example
culture that can’t keep consuming resources at the of real co-creation is a company called Local Motors.
same rate is a major issue in a globalized world. This article details one of the few co-creation com-
This kind of economy represents 75% of all activities. pany, far in advance from its opponents.
When the formal economy fails, the informal economy
is needed. How to rebuild is a huge question, and one
whose radicalism can’t be overstated. This article ex- Des monnaies complémentaires pour changer
plains why it involves reinventing our economy since la vie
the informal economy stands against industrial growth Internet Actu, Rémi Sussan, 26 juillet 2011
capitalism. 2

Analytics of systemic crises and the role of
global financial safety nets
International Monetary Fund, May 31, 2011

Un atelier sur l’innovation monétaire s’est déroulé
dans le cadre de Lift, une communauté qui travail à
identifier et anticiper les usages émergeant en ma-
tière de technologies digitales.
Les participants ont défini dans un premier temps la
différence entre une monnaie et un indicateur. Une
monnaie sert à la résolution d’une dette par un acte
d’échange, un indicateur sert à déterminer la valeur
d’un bien ou d’un service (le plus connu étant le prix).
In response to the 2008 crisis, the IMF boosted its Actuellement, une tendance de fond est le develop-
resources, strengthening its ability to pre-empt crises. pement des monnaies complémentaires. Ce sont des
This paper takes another look at the global crisis in monnaies qui n’ont pas cours legal mais qui sont des
the context of a large review of past systemic crises moyens d’échange à part entière. Vu qu’elles n’ont
to assess whether rising linkages across countries is pas la légitimité d’une monnaie nationale garantie par
a source of latent systemic instability and ascertain l’Etat, le système repose sur la confiance.
whether the global financial safety net is adequate to Ces monnaies peuvent être rentables et favoriser des
contain crisis and contagion risks arising from such comportements prédéfinis comme l’innovation ou le
systemic instability. développement durable.


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You future boss may be a robot
Corporate Social and Environmental New World of Work, Dean van Leeuwen, July 25,
Responsability 2011

Why business should care about fighting
corruption
The Guardian, Eric Gutierrez, July 1, 2011

There was a time when some economists suggested
that a bit of corruption might not be all that bad, es-
pecially for developing countries. Bribery, they said,
can improve bargaining outcomes and efficiency by
allowing companies and individuals to buy their way
out of inefficiencies created by politicians and bureau-
crats. Some argued that certain forms of bribe differ
from taxes only in that they are secret.
The real question today is: why should business care
about fighting corruption? The simplest answer is
John Markoff, in a 2010 article, paints a fascinating
because it increases costs. Another is that in today’s
picture of how telerobotics and robotics could become
globalised environment, reputation is an increasingly
a useful leadership tool for having the “boss” at hand.
important asset that only the foolish and most rec-
The benefits of telerobotics is really for companies
kless managers won’t protect.
whose executives spend a lot of time working remo-
tely or travelling. Behavioural studies are showing that
Economics of corporate social responsibility it has a markedly positive result in how people res-
Centre d’Economie Industrielle MINES ParisTech,
pond and behave. The video joined with this article
Matthieu Glachant, July 2011
from TomorowToday illustrates how telerobotics is
being used today.
CSR is a concept in which companies commit to
improve their social and environmental performance 3
beyond the statutory obligation to comply with legis- What women want – The future of leadership
lation. For economists, the current success of CSR New World of Work, Keith Coats, July 10, 2011
raises interesting questions. Is there a sufficient ROI
in CSR activities? Does CSR lead firms to boost their
environmental and social performance?
This three parts presentation from Matthieu Glachant
(Mines Paris Tech) studies different topics that fall in
the general category of CSR: voluntary agreements,
environmental management standards, green design.

Management in the Future
World of Work

Defining the augmented leader Why women have not rushed into the top bosses po-
Management Exchange, Dominique Turcq, June 30, sitions? No one can deny that women still have a lot of
2011 work to do to influence the culture of the world of work.
But it is work they are keen to do.
The augmented leader should not be defined as a The irony is that never before has the workplace en-
hero with chips installed in his brain. He is simply vironment been so in need of what women have to
someone like you, and me. But the problem is that offer regarding leadership roles and responsibilities.
this person lives in an incredible world, with incredible This article shows that in the next decades, it will be
tools: web 2.0, geolocalisation, master data manage- women who will thrive and restore some of the much
ment, mobile plateforms… Hence, he is slowly beco- needed balance that has been missing in the intersec-
ming unmanageable. This article explains why and tion of where life and work collide.
what we will have to learn on how to manage the aug-
mented leader.


Five tips for managing digital nomads Internet and Social Networks
Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Boland T.Jones, July 22,
2011
La sphère publique du XXIe siècle
Managing the careers of people you never see in per- Information Economy Meta Language, Pierre Lévy,
son can be a hard task, especially in a traditional 9-to- 29 juin 2011
5 culture. As new technologies emerge and gas prices
rise, the prevalence of teleworkers continues to grow. Selon Pierre Lévy, le médium numérique est en train
Recently, McKinsey named collaboration technology de remplacer, tout en l’absorbant, l’ancien système
as one of the top 10 tech-enabled business trends to des médias structurés (éditions papiers, cinéma, télé-
watch. This article by Boland T. Jones (CEO of PGi, vision, radio,...).
a virtual meetings company) gives five tips to keep Ce médium étend et démocratise la liberté d’expres-
digital nomads motivated and productive. «Embrace sion pour 3 raisons: économique, technique et insti-
the new norm. Let your employees know you support tutionnelle.
and encourage their digital wandering». La sphère publique du XXIe siècle n’est plus unidirec-
tionnelle, nous passons de l’opinion publique à l’intel-
ligence collective, cette dernière n’étant pas exempte
des rapports de force traditionnels. Dans ce cadre, au
Enterprise 2.0 and même titre que l’usage du livre reclamait une alphabé-
tisation de la population, la sphère publique du XXIe
Mobile Enterprise siècle reclame une alphabétisation à l’intelligence col-
lective.
Converging enterprise communications, IT and
the cloud - White Paper Study finds that memory works differently in
White Paper NEC, Commercial Document, 2010 the age of Google
News Columbia, July 14, 2011
The absence of clear and unambiguous explanations
of the benefits of embarking on cloud computing, end
users could be forgiven for thinking that these are 4
technologies without a purpose. However, a revolu-
tion is underway, with it real benefits to enterprises
and to workers.

Le bon sens numérique chez AXA France
Identité et réputation numérique, Olivier Zara,
The rise of Internet search engines like Google has
changed the way our brain remembers information,
18 juillet 2011
according to research by Betsy Sparrow (Columbia
University psychologist). “We remember less through
Olivier Zara présente ici, au travers de l’exemple
knowing information itself than by knowing where the
d’AXA, sa conception d’une bonne conduite numé-
information can be found.” This article from the Co-
rique au sein des entreprises. Celle-ci doit passer par
lumbia University explains that we are more likely to
2 vecteurs:
remember things we think are not available online.
- la charte «médias sociaux» qui formalise les usages
et pose le cadre juridique;
- et surtout la sensibilisation et la formation des em- Pentagon wants a social media propaganda
ployés. machine
L’analogie avec la conduite automobile est bonne, Wired, Adam Rawnsley, July 15, 2011
l’obtention du code de la route est necessaire mais
non suffisante pour faire un bon automobiliste. Celui- It is a well known fact that social media can have a
ci doit pratiquer, conduire avec un moniteur qui pourra notorious mix of rumor, gossip and just plain disin-
répondre à toutes ces questions et corriger ces mau- formation. This article explains how the Pentagon is
vais réflexes. looking to build a tool to sniff out social media pro-
paganda campaigns and spit some counter-spin right
back at it. The Social Media in Strategic Communi-
cation (SMISC) program will be aimed at discovering
and tracking the “formation, development and spread
of ideas and concepts” on social media, according to
recent announcement.



Google+: the complete guide The future of personal branding : 5 predictions
Mashable, Ben Parr, July 16, 2011 Brazen Careerist, Dan Schawbel, June 9, 2011

Personal branding was originally conceived in 1997,
which tells that it’s not a fad. Despite the adoption of
social medias, the basic principles of personal bran-
ding still apply. Social network profiles, and blogs, have
made it easier to build a brand because it is a time
investment, not a money investment. Dan Schawbel
(managing partner of Millennial Branding) has identi-
Google+ is the hot social network on the block. In fied in this article several trends that everyone needs
just three weeks, Google’s competitor to Facebook to become aware of if you want to remain competitive.
and Twitter has amassed more than 10 million users,
and its users are sharing more than 1 billion pieces
of content daily. Google+ isn’t the easiest thing to
understand because it has a lot of features that can Personal Development
confuse beginners. Here is a Mashable‘s complete and learning
guide on all of Google+’s key features, as well as an
introduction to the service and the important things Training departments will shrink
you need to know about it. Harold Jarche, July 20, 2011

The Epic social learning debate for Summer 2011
states: “This house believes that as social learning
Brand and Personal Online grows, so the requirement for traditional training de-
Reputation and Influence partments shrinks.” Training on a massive scale was a
requirement for preparing citizen soldiers for war. For
a while, people have developed work skills through
E-réputation et idées reçues : 20 articles pour apprenticeship. But the industrial economy no longer
vos vacances drives the developed world. Even the information eco- 5
CaddeReputation, Camille Alloing, 25 juillet 2011 nomy is giving way to the creative economy. The drai-
ning of the hierarchical pyramid will change not only
Voici une sélection des articles traitant de l’e-réputa- training, but also intellectual property and the social
tion publiés depuis le début de l’année sur le web. contract with workers. This article shows that the rise
Notons que l’accent a été mis sur des articles icono- of social learning will be one of the cause of the shrin-
clastes. En effet, après plus de 4 ans de développe- king training department.
ment intensif du concept et du business de réputation
en ligne et 30 000 articles de blogs mentionnant le New technologies and the future of learning
terme « e-réputation » pour 2011, il est opportun d’y Slideshows, Steve Weehler June 14, 2011
placer un filtre de sélection.

Personal branding? Nonsense! It’s reputation
Econsultancy, Patricio Robles, June 29, 2011

Brands are generally comprised of visual components
(think logos, colors, shapes and slogans), and they ty-
pically stand for something (values, lifestyles, myths,
cultural associations). They have longevity, and are
used to differentiate their customers from the rest of The future of learning is social, open, personal and
society. According to Washington Post journalist Gene mobile. What will be the new trainer role? What new
Weingarten, «branding is ruining journalism.» As she skills will learners need in the digital age? Which skills
says, “the first goal [of journalists today] seems to does the digital literacy imply?
be self-promotion — the fame part, the brand. That’s Some consider that digital literacy is about making the
because we know that, in this frenetic fight for eye- technology work for you, finding new ways in which
balls at all costs, the attribute that is most rewarded information technology can enhance life and improve
is screeching ubiquity, not talent.” This article tries to the quality of teaching and learning. Also, the digitally
develop this Weingarten’s idea. literate teacher will be convinced of the efficacy and
usefulness of the connected computer.



More Notable Links

- Tribes and networks coexist
http://www.jarche.com/2011/06/tribes-and-networks-coexist/

- Rich Clubs, Motifs, and How They Control Networks
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/26943/?ref=rss

- Je ne suis pas un numéro, je suis un indice.
http://affordance.typepad.com/mon_weblog/2011/06/je-ne-suis-pas-un-numero-je-suis-un-indice.html

- How Divorce Lawyers Use Social Networks
http://www.technologyreview.com/web/37943/?ref=rss&a=f

- Former CIA Director: Build a new Internet to improve cybersecurity
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20110706_1137.php?oref=topnews

- Research backs English as key to development
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/jul/05/research-backs-english-language-delotbiniere

- China’s meeting with Africa
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/jun/30/china-zambia-relationship

- Google+ – fundamental misunderstanding of networks?
http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2011/07/10/google-fundamental-misunderstanding-of-networks/

- Vers une veille moins chronophage
http://atelier.rfi.fr/profiles/blogs/vers-une-veille-moins?xg_source=shorten_twitter
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- Un droit à l’oubli que l’on oublie
http://blogs.lesechos.fr/intelligence-economique/un-droit-a-l-oubli-que-l-on-oublie-a6261.html

- The Upside of Irrationality by Dan Ariely
http://www.neurosciencemarketing.com/blog/articles/upside-irrationality-ariely.htm?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_
medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=neuromarketing

- Is it Time to Cull Your Social Networks?
http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2095248/Is-it-Time-to-Cull-Your-Social-Networks?utm_source=feedburner&utm_
medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sewblog+%28Search+Engine+Watch+Blog%29

- Google+, un avertissement en coup de tonnerre : Le Web 2.0 aurait-il vécu ses plus belles années ?
http://emergenceweb.com/blog/2011/07/google-un-avertissement-en-coup-de-tonnerre-le-web-2-0-aurait-il-vecu-ses-
plus-belles-annees/

- TED Global: Brilliant babies, electric grannies and bankers behaving badly
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2011/jul/15/ted-global-2011-ingenious-babies

- Is there a new kind of fragile state?
http://www.globaldashboard.org/2011/07/13/a-new-kind-of-fragile-state/

- #E2sday: What Ants Can Teach the Enterprise About Teamwork
http://blog.socialcast.com/e2sday-what-ants-can-teach-the-enterprise-about-teamwork/

- What the 21st century needs
http://www.newworldofwork.co.uk/2011/07/21/1463/

- J’ai 26 ans. J’ai 26 ans et c’est beaucoup d’années
http://ceciestun.tumblr.com/post/7941423040/jai-26-ans-jai-26-ans-et-cest-beaucoup


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