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Europe faces a major
demographic challenge! According to OECD, demographic projections are
uncertain, but on middle-of-the-road assumptions, the ratio of people
over 65 to those between 20 and 64 could double between now and the
middle of the century. And in some countries, such as Italy and Spain,
this ageing will be much stronger. The situation is similar in most
developed countries due to the combined effect of the lowering of the
birth rate and the “boomers” reaching retirement age. The phenomenon
will be reaching the emerging economies within a few years as was
discussed during the eSangathan Mumbai
conference.

The
shift from an industrial society to a knowledge society, as well as the
extension of the individual lifespan in healthy conditions, and the
increasing role of ICT in the work process are a set of factors
enabling people to work longer in good conditions. It will be a
personal choice for some people, and a necessity for others. The real
question remains: how to increase the percentage of aged workers
(55-64) included into the labour market?

This was exactly the purpose of the
eSangathan project!

The
project focussed on two particular segments, of this 55-64 population:
one consisting of employees about to retire in the corporate world, and
the other being people willing to be further involved into the labour
market as entrepreneurs. eSangathan analysed
the situation based on two pilots: one in a major Indian corporation,
Mahindra & Mahindra and one at regional level in the Öresund region
in Sweden and Denmark.

ICT
played a major role in the project and in the life of the pilot
members. Indeed, the consortium made the “a priori” assumption, based
on previous experiences, that Collaborative Working Environments (CWE)
could represent a well adapted solution to improve working conditions
and offer a better work-life balance to the ageing workers. The
consortium members will be happy to share with you the results of these
experimentations during the conference.

eSangathan
was also eager to innovate in the field of tools and methods used to
reach the social goals of the project. We all know that the Nordic
countries are the “best in class” in Europe with regard to the
employment of the “seniors”; so, we knew we would learn from our
Swedish, Danish and Dutch partners. So will you when attending the
conference. You will discover how we shifted from a hierarchical
management approach to a heterarchical one.

The
inclusion of the ageing workforce into the labour market becomes a hot
topic in all the countries where their employment rate is low. Indeed,
15 countries out of 27 do not reach the strategic objective of 50%
employment rate for the 55-64 population segment. This brings Europe at
44,7% of employment rate at the end of 2007. The employment rate varies
from 28,3% (Malta) to 70% (Sweden).

Despite
the recent research led by IRDES saying that 31% (The Netherlands) to
67% (Spain) of the 50-64 workers say they want to retire as soon as
possible, one can assume that the working life of the Europeans will be
longer in the future. This economical and social reality has been a key
concern of the eSangathan team. It results in a set of recommendations and proposals which will be presented in the
eSangathan White Paper.

The White Paper will be presented and made available during the conference!

You want to know more or share opinion: contact us at event@esangathan.eu
or visit us at www.esangathan.eu

Register the conference at http://www.esangathan-conference.eu/registration.asp

I explain why our companies must move as quickly as possible to this new step, necessary to simply exceed the limits where are stuck their current organizations.

Without adopting the concepts of Enterprise 2.0 as soon as possible, our organizations will be unable to present a new quantum leap in terms of individual and collective productivity, because traditional information systems, and the organizations and management methods being associated become brakes, even a disorganization factor in many cases.

Only a real disruption in the organisation, that of the Enterprise 2.0, allow today to restore rationality and optimization in the daily work of individuals and teams for their benefit and that of enterprises.

(the lecture had been filmed, the video arrives in a few days with more details on my words)

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Slide 2: 20 years of evolutionConsulting Kimind in CWE Kimind Consulting massive adoption Informational Dimension Heterarchical Web 2.0 (Participatory) Real Time Organizational Dimension Wikis Blogs Kimind Quadrant Web-based workspaces Traditional Collaborative Solutions (Lotus, Microsoft, …) Hierarchical Structured Unstructured © 2006-2008, Miguel Membrado – Kimind Consulting low adoption (knowledge)

Slide 3: Towards Enterprise 2.0 Kimind Consulting Kimind Consulting What is Enterprise 2.0  Evolution in organization, management and methodologies  8 technical pillars: wiki + blog + search + social bookmarking +  customized home pages + RSS + social networks For which benefits  Individual and collective productivity growth  Better: competitiveness and innovation ; collective intelligence ;  talent and customer loyalty Five Key concepts  The end of the e-mail/file era  Participation Age  Simplicity  Extended Organizations  Radical transparency 

Slide 4: A Disruption in the Daily Work Kimind Consulting Kimind Consulting e-Mail Internet Explorer MSOffice Local and Shared Files Traditional Daily Work Organization Inter-personal collaboration ; disorganization ; saturation ; waste ; redundancy ; information loss ; inefficiency ; complexity ; high costs ; … HOW TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE? WE HAVE REACHED A LIMIT! IMPOSSIBLE TO GO BEYOND WITHOUT A DISRUPTION… FireFox (open source) RSS Feeds Online Office Wiki Webmail/Chat Blog New Daily Work Organization rationalization ; organization ; team collaboration ; information repositories ; accumulation ; productivity ; simplicity ; low costs ; remote working ; …

Slide 5: Rationalization & Kimind Consulting Optimization Kimind Consulting BEFORE: Production+ e-Mail + attachments MS Office Local & Shared Files Communication+ Storage AFTER: Collaborative Production Wiki Interactive Communication Blog Collaborative Watch Social Bookmarking Collaborative Office Automation Online Office Information Consumption Customized Home Pages RSS Feeds & Monitoring Interpersonal Communication & alerts Webmail + Chat Socialization + social directories Enterprise Social Networks

Slide 6: HOW TO EVOLVE Kimind Consulting Kimind Consulting Informational Dimension Heterarchical (Participatory) Management Evolution Organizational Dimension Your organization tomorrow Kimind Quadrant IS Evolution Your organization today Hierarchical Structured Unstructured © 2006-2008, Miguel Membrado – Kimind (knowledge)

Slide 7: Conclusion Kimind Consulting Kimind Consulting A new step in terms of individual and collective  productivity is now possible By adopting Web 2.0 new usages for the Enterprise  Corporation Feedbacks from large accounts  exist for a few years The end of Microsoft supremacy on the desktop  Don’t be late to evolve  The change must be done TODAY…  … because there is a learning curve  … because your competitors will do it also 