Review of WIKINOMICS (Tapscott)

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🔥NEW Why is it worthwhile to read this book? We're moving away from a closed, hierarchical structure focused on capital and physical goods. In this old system, you tried to be a good manager while you moved your way up in the hierarchy. The trend now is toward a new kind of open, networked enterprise that is modular. It's dynamic, flexible and it reaches outside the boundaries of a corporation. The book describes why the new business models for an enterprise require the seven principles of Wikinomics:

1. Peer Pioneers
2. Ideagoras
3. Prosumers
4. The New Alexandrians
5. Open Platforms
6. The Global Plant Floor
7. The Wiki Workplace

What do these seven principles mean to us? Let's look at them in layman's terms. The Peer Pioneers talks about how The Wisdom of Crowds (that means any one of us) can be harnessed to make smarter decisions. Good examples of this are Linux and Spikesource, which is an open-source app (...) Read more? Sign up for free

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	Wikinomics Awesome, interesting book to read, you can find so (...)