McKinsey is still No.1

I'd just like to pay a small tribute to the guys and girls at McKinsey that contribute to McKinsey Quarterly. I have been surprised how frequently the insights that NDMC has captured in Europe - and our interpretations of those insights towards market change and enterprise behaviors - so frequently get represented (and are often better described) in the content of the McKinsey Quarterly. I'd specifically like to draw your attention to Lowell L. Bryan who has been doing some great work in exposing the topic of organizational design and helping business leaders to come to terms with new market behaviors. Lowell has authored an excellent book on the topic and his endeavors encouraged me to finally get on and complete Agilization.

Yet again this month, Nick Lawrie and I were delighted to read that McKinsey has been researching peer-to-peer collaboration and collective intelligence. Their Quarterly Report titled How Businesses Are Using Web 2.0 describes the findings of a global survey they have conducted of C-level executives.

According to their findings three quarters of executives interviewed plan to maintain or increase their investments in technology trends that encourage user collaboration. That's excellent news for encanvas and the development of business thinking around the topic of situational networks. The innovation of enterprise mashups is unlikely to change workforce behaviors until business leaders start coming around to the idea that the new economy of the 21st century is about 'fit and creativity' more than it is about 'process excellence'.

If you have the opportunity, take 10 minutes out of your day and read what they say.