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Social revolution or information revolution? David Mitchell, Research Director, Gartner [email protected]

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Presentation about social media and social change at the Making It Happen event (http://www.akabusi.com/MakeItHappen.aspx?sid=12). The event was a fund raising event in support of The Akabusi Charitable Trust Action for Children.

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Social revolution or information revolution?

David Mitchell, Research Director, [email protected]

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Technology adoption starts in different places.

More focused on social and behavior sciences than on technology invention

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You must adopt social in your business, or face the humiliation of the consumer

..and the humiliation of potential employees..

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• In the war for talent people choose you company, not the other way around

..and it also impacts the war on talent that will impact every business

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Everything is now being measured….

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• Information explosion

..all of this generates mountains of data..

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• Automation is the other side of the coin

..and automating is an approach

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• 100% command and control will be the image for some, but is not possible, and shouldn’t be the goal

..but automation and conformity are not the answer to everything

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• Information needs to be open and shared not controlled

..but social media supports other types of change

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SOCIIAL

• Revolutionary change – tahrir square, will happen in your company if information and social are not democratised.

SOCIAL

IT’S YOUR CHOICE WHAT

TYPE

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Social revolution or information revolution?

David Mitchell, Research Director, [email protected]