The Next Organization

Web 2.0 - Accelerator of a major shift

Today, as a part of Connek Cafe, a regular activity of Connek Group, I will give a small talk about Web 2.0. However, I will talk more about the main thesis of this blog, i.e. there is a major shift in human behaviors, thus organization, business models, IT architecture, leadership, etc. Web 2.0 to me is a part and an accelerator of this shift. I will expand on some of the major points in future, especially the status and challenges for Web 2.0 in Vietnam.

Below is the presentation I will use for the talk in Slideshare. Also, a .pdf version is included below with better quality for print and reference purpose.

Download web_2.0 - Accelerator of a major shift.pdf

 

Web 2.0 Business Models (Part 2 of 2)

My last post covered the first five types of service categories, namely:

1. Virtual world, virtual goods
2. Online tools
3. Market broker platforms
4. Social media sites
5. Social networking sites

In this post, I will analyze the business models for other categories of services and point out some of my observations concerning the economy of attention, the long-tail, light-weight business model, young people's opportunities and the issue of partial attention.

Again, the list is not exhaustive and service categorization is mainly for the purpose of business model analysis. I would like to invite readers to add and give me comments.

Web 2.0 Business Models (Part 1 of 2)

Web 2.0, the new set of Web, or more accurately, hosted services was featured by O'Reilly Media in 2003 as having lightweight business model. After a few years of development, the concept is still quite valid, but in more detail examination, Web 2.0 has been dominant an economy of sharing, attention and creativeness.

I did a quick summary of the major types of Web 2.0 services, benefits and business models and came up with a summary as in the picture below:

a more detailed version with examples can be downloaded here:

Download web_2.0 Business Models - a quick survey.pdf

Most interesting stuffs I found last week - June 25, 2007

Every week now, I will post the most interesting thing I found the week before.

Here's the first one, a very entertaining way of presenting trends, though quite American-centric. Sources are indicated by the end of the slide show.

How the Net changes human behavior toward environment

Being an environmental activist is getting so easy now and anyone can with just a few minutes. How? Just think about how you use the net. The net has become the ideal medium for every environmental activist to give a hand to change people's perception and thus behaviors. You, too can be one.

For long, was aware of a few things I can do to my environment, from setting an example of not throwing trash to street to joining social activities to help clean up the environment. However, I realized that I could do more.

Poll: How did you find my blog

From feeling under pressure to joyful - a new way to handle To-do list

As a "planning freak", like what my friends often call me, I over the years developed a quite useful and efficient system to bring my long- and short-term goals down to monthly plans and then to daily To-do lists. However, like many people, I always felt pressure when I look at a long list every day. A few events happened recently helped me to break away from this, at the same time improve my productivity.

Challenge Assumption

A story from ThinkerToys by Michael Michalko. Thanks Robert Boban.

Imagine a cage containing five monkey. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb toward the banana. As soon as he touches the stair, spray all the monkeys with ice-cold water. After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result - all the monkey are spayed with ice-cold water. Pretty soon, when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkey will try to prevent it.