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Some simple Tips to deal with Emails in the “Culture of Information Overload”

By Boris Reinhard On March 9, 2013 · Add Comment
Last week, I came accross this website from Nathan Zeldes, who has some very interesting approaches to reduce our daily information overload dilemma. The story begins with some simple tips how to deal with email (see http://www.nathanzeldes.com/productivity-tips/): (1) “Only read incoming mail in a few fixed time slots daily.” (2) “Turn off all incoming email alerts.” [...]
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The value of E-Business is still underestimated – Some findings from my projects

By Boris Reinhard On February 23, 2013 · Add Comment
In the following are some findings by first-hand experience that I gained from recent advisory mandates related to E-Business, E-Finance, E-Commerce, amongst others in new technologies, Enterprise 2.0, User Experience (UX) and Usability. 1. A huge part of corporate websites, online business and e-shops is still not state-of-the-art as regards technologies and new developments. Now, [...]
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Smartphone mit Prepaid vs. “normales” Abo vs. Flat in der Schweiz – ein Vergleich

By Boris Reinhard On February 20, 2013 · Add Comment
Viele Schweizer geben (zu) viel Geld für Ihr Smartphone (auch Mobile, Natel und Handy) aus. Immer wieder kann man sich neue Tarife anschauen und die Kosten aufrechnen. Oftmals wird man mit subventionierten Geräten zu einem festen Abo in der Schweiz motiviert. Heute habe ich mir die Mühe gemacht, einmal für mich als “Normalverbraucher” (aber was [...]
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The Four-Stage (R)evolution of Banking

By Boris Reinhard On February 3, 2013 · Add Comment
Referring to Brett King’s newest article on I-CIO “An imperative for change” (see http://goo.gl/tmuj2), I summarize the four-stage (r)evolution of banking in the following. In contrast to Brett King, I do not see a “revolution”, but rather an “evolution”. However, some banks will be overchallenged with that. First Phase is “the arrival of the Internet [...]
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Lessons from Steve Jobs taught to Guy Kawasaki

By Boris Reinhard On January 27, 2013 · Add Comment
Thanks to Matthias Müller-Prove (see http://hci-design.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/12lessons-kawasaki.html), once again I stumbled over these lessons, which were taught to Guy Kawasaki by Steve Jobs. Guy was the technology evangelist of Apple. Although this speech is already older than a year, I like these “rules” because they’re still valid. Experts are clueless. Customers cannot tell you what they need. [...]
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“Lex Google” legitim? Ein politischer Beitrag

By Boris Reinhard On December 2, 2012 · Add Comment
Derzeit befasst sich die Politik in Mitteleuropa damit, wie man die zentralen Anlaufstellen im Netz wie Google mit Gebühren belasten kann, wenn diese auf redaktionellen Content respektive “Presseerzeugnisse” in bestimmter Art und Weise verweisen. Grundsätzlich muss man sich an dieser Stelle erst einmal fragen, wie jemand überhaupt auf so eine Idee kommen kann, denn schliesslich [...]
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Let’s face it: Developments like Social Software and BYOD will change the information and application management of organisations – flexibility and agility is in demand

By Boris Reinhard On October 28, 2012 · Add Comment
Last week we had an interesting discussion in Bern, where I visited the after work event “Erfolg in der Netzwerkgesellschaft” (see http://www.commonsense.ch/4-after-work-event-bern/ and http://tirsus.com/blog/erfolg-in-der-netzwerkgesellschaft-2/). One major point of discussion was: Social Software in organisations (aka Enterprise 2.0) will change the way applications are operated and supported within organisations. That is a plausible statement, because developments [...]
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After-Work-Events in Bern: Erfolg in der Netzwerk-Gesellschaft

By Boris Reinhard On August 15, 2012 · Add Comment
Hiermit möchte ich Interessierte und Experten aus dem Social Business, Social Software und Enterprise 2.0 – Umfeld in der Region Bern auf die Abendveranstaltungen von Ursula Deriu und Dr. Christian Michael Schenkel hinweisen. “Die Spatzen pfeifen es von den Dächern: Social Media verändern Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Doch was heisst das für meine Organisation? Wie [...]
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Confusion about Enterprise 2.0 (#E20, aka Social Business) – a statement

By Boris Reinhard On August 5, 2012 · Add Comment
As some of you know, I have been working in the field of Web and Enterprise Content Management for many years. To date, I am still involved in ECM – , Web – and Enterprise 2.0 (#E20, aka Social Business #SocBiz) – projects. And I am still following all developments in terms of new technologies [...]
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EAM Community Schweiz

By Boris Reinhard On August 1, 2012 · Add Comment
Please accept my apologies for the following article in German. I want to inform my Swiss German readers about an upcoming event in the field of Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM), which I have organised together with two Swisscom IT Services employees and the support of iteratec AG, Switzerland, and Swisscom IT Services, Switzerland. Heute möchte ich meine [...]
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aperto – A framework to introduce Corporate Social Software / Social Business Software

By Boris Reinhard On May 20, 2012 · 1 Comment
Enterprise 2.0 (and Social Business respectively) is still in its enfants. Nevertheless, enterprises of all sizes are facing the challenge to adapt and evaluate Social Business Software (SBS) and platforms. In this post, I point to “aperto”, a framework of the “Forschungsgruppe Kooperationssysteme” of the “Universität der Bundeswehr München”, which might help companies of any [...]
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Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs

By Boris Reinhard On May 1, 2012 · Add Comment
Today, I read the new article from Walter Isaacson in the Harvard Business Review, Issue April 2012. It is a really good summary of some habits from Steve Jobs. I like this article, because there are some relevant insights within a few pages. Isaacson mentions following leadership principles (see [Isaa12]): Focus Simplify Take Responsibiliy End [...]
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New Layout

By Boris Reinhard On May 1, 2012 · Add Comment
Let’s discover the new, refreshed generate-value.com – layout, based on the WordPress theme “Pagelines“… Have fun.
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Tatort und Twitter: Es ist böse. Eine Nachlese.

By Boris Reinhard On April 26, 2012 · Add Comment
Please note: This blog post is definitely an excursus to Social Networking Services and Microblogging. Taking the German #Tatort community into account, this article is written in German language. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. The next post will be in English, again. Der Hype von Twitter Feeds über [...]
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Delivering Business Value is a Key Objective for Enterprise Architects and Consultants

By Boris Reinhard On March 18, 2012 · Add Comment
At the end of February, Gartner analyzed the trends in Enterprise Architecture for 2012 and summarized their focus for research in 2012. By chance, I read the report at work and made some notes. One key issue, mentioned by Gartner was “The change of focus for EA in 2012 is on delivering strategic business outcomes.” [...]
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BPM im Enterprise 2.0 unter Dynamik – Buch als pdf frei erhältlich

By Boris Reinhard On January 10, 2012 · Add Comment
In Absprache mit meinem Verlag stelle ich mein Buch als pdf frei zur Verfügung. Mehr Infos erhalten Sie unter Infos zum Buch: BPM im Enterprise 2.0 unter Dynamik (de).Viel Spass beim Lesen.
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The Breakthrough of Mobile Payment within the Bank 2.0 – Era

By Boris Reinhard On September 13, 2011 · Add Comment
More than 10 years ago, when I was at CeBIT in Hanover, we had this great idea of “Mobile Payment”. The case: Pay via your mobile carrier’s bill. The problem: The carriers wanted to earn their fortune with mobile transactions. The consequence: “Mobile Payment” was too expensive and – in addition: Carriers wanted to limit [...]
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Two Key Trends in ‘New Finance’

By Boris Reinhard On September 8, 2011 · Add Comment
Financial Services and Banking respectively are affected by two major trends. Causes for these trends are internal and external influences:  External influences are for example new technological developments and Web 2.0 / Enterprise 2.0 while internal influences are such as cost pressure on Information Technology departments and organizational restructuring. Trend 1 – Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) [...]
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Business Capability Management (BCM) – frei verfügbares eBook

By Boris Reinhard On June 14, 2011 · Add Comment
Entgegen meiner ursprünglich Planung, dieses Buch über einen meiner favorisierten Verlage in den Druck zu geben, stelle ich nun meinen Enterprise Architecture – Beitrag “Business Capability Management – Gezielte Ausrichtung der Artefakte einer Unternehmensarchitektur” frei für den persönlichen Gebrauch zur Verfügung.* Remark for English-speaking readers: I will take up some topics of this book in [...]
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Management between Flexibility and Stability – Jazz-Improvisation and Management

By Boris Reinhard On May 17, 2011 · Add Comment
Below are some words concerning the agile management in the “sweet spot” between chaos and order (see [Domb11]) to gain the maximal flexibility coupled to sufficient stability. A few days ago I stumbled upon an ARIS Expert Paper of IDS Scheer (now Software AG) written by Scheer, with the title “Jazz-Improvisation und Management” (see [Sche07]), [...]
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Putting Business First – Enterprise 2.0 efficiency and the term “social”

By Boris Reinhard On April 20, 2011 · Add Comment
Recently, I have observed that new Enterprise 2.0-terms that contain the word “social” are created almost monthly (see e.g. “Social Business” by IBM, [Kulz11]). Therefore, I have decided to publish my first thoughts on the use of such “social terms” in business environments. Speaking as an experienced consultant, the term “social” is generally associated with more [...]
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Erhältlich: BPM im Enterprise 2.0 unter Dynamik (de)

By Boris Reinhard On April 11, 2011 · Add Comment
As my new book will be available in every good bookstores at the end of this week (available via LOGOS now), some notes. You can have a look at it and order it now via LOGOS VERLAG, Link: http://logos-verlag.de/cgi-bin/engbuchmid?isbn=2802&lng=deu&id= – “Potenziale und Herausforderungen des Geschäftsprozessmanagements im Enterprise 2.0 unter Berücksichtigung der Dynamik unternehmerischer Systeme” is [...]
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What does “Cloud” mean? Some characteristics.

By Boris Reinhard On March 28, 2011 · Add Comment
As I wrote some lines about cloud and outsourcing lately and had some interesting discussions “about the cloud”, I will deepen this interesting topic. The cloud is coming (it’s not as dark as it sounds – we expect a rather sunny future…) – The cloud is on everybody’s mouth by now and there are really [...]
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Fear of outsourcing your IT? Some thoughts about the cloud.

By Boris Reinhard On March 20, 2011 · Add Comment
Last friday I had an interesting discussion about “outsourcing” and I therefore decided to pick up this business-relevant topic in my blogsphere… Fear of outsourcing your IT? Fear of terms like “Cloud Computing”, “SaaS” or “ASP”… Behind these buzzwords is nothing special, but proven and mature technology. The truth is in any case the fact [...]
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Business Processes, Enterprise 2.0 and the Strength of Weak Ties (SWT)

By Boris Reinhard On March 2, 2011 · Add Comment
As I am about to finish my book, I would like to point out a specific aspect of it, „The Strength of Weak Ties“ from Granovetter… On the basis of a non-representative social networks-study (N=296) of Milgram in 1967 (“The small world problem”, see [Milg67, pp. 61 et seq.]), Milgram and Travers claimed that any [...]
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Mobile Banking 2.0 – A Perspective

By Boris Reinhard On February 18, 2011 · Add Comment
“Of the next billion people who come online, the vast majority of them are going to do so for the first time through a mobile device.” – Jimmy Wales in SAP Spectrum, [Manr10, p. 17] Where does this road lead? “If you had asked most bankers five years ago when they thought that mobile banking [...]
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Business Capabilies in Enterprise Architecture Management

By Boris Reinhard On February 14, 2011 · Add Comment
What are Business Capabilites? The Management of Business Capabilities attracts the attention of Business, IT and EAM representatives. It not only represents one of the cornerstones of Business Informatics (and Information Systems respectively) but it is also considered a key topic of Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM). As outlined by Wolfgang Keller, „Capabilities are one of the later ‚hot topics‘ in Enterprise Architecture Management.“ [Kell09, p. 1] ...
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Rethinking Knowledge Work – A Comment

By Boris Reinhard On February 7, 2011 · Add Comment
“The key is applying technology more precisely”, says Tom Davenport in the new McKinsey Quarterly (see [Dave11]). In his new article, the author explains the different requirements to support less and more knowledge intensive processes in companies. For this purpose he used the classification which he has already presented in 2005 in “Thinking for a [...]
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Are Workflows dynamic?

By Boris Reinhard On February 1, 2011 · Add Comment
Dynamic, unstructured processes vs adaptive, ad hoc workflows The Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC) defined a workflow as follows: „The automation of a business process, in whole or part, during which documents, information or tasks are passed from one participant to another for action, according to a set of procedural rules.“ (see [Alle00, p. 15]). Automation [...]
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Hello World…

By Boris Reinhard On January 29, 2011 · Add Comment
At this website, reviews of my publications as well as additional information regarding science and practice of Business Informatics and Information Systems will be available soon. In particular, the following topics will be discussed: Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM), Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise 2.0 (E2.0), E-Finance, E-Business, Consulting and Project Management. My publications are to [...]
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