4. What does it look & feel like?
• Highly distributed, decentralized, and
democratic
• Lower latency than email: approaches real-
time
• Increased information efficiency
5. What does it look & feel like?
• Maps virtual
relationships to “real
life” relationships
(meetups, SMS,
geolocation)
• Self-organized
• Increasingly mobile-
enabled
6. Political effects
• Information efficiency
creates downward shift of
power & influence,
increased transparency
• This is happening within
organizations of all sizes:
small businesses to
countries
7. How does it work?
• Platform-based
• Infrastructure is
largely based on
cloud hosting,
API’s, and small
client apps
8. What does it look & feel like?
• Information exchange becomes less
vertical, more horizontal
9. Some industries have been
disrupted early
• Print and broadcast media
• PR/Communications
• Advertising
• Startups
10. Highly disruptive to traditional media
Inspired by Fred Wilson
http://slideshare.net/fredwilson
11. Some industries are only starting to
feel the effects
• Legal
• Finance
• Education
• Government
• Health care
12. What does it mean to companies and
organizations?
• Customer engagement becomes
conversational
13. What does it mean to companies and
organizations?
• Brand identity and customer experience
become deeply intertwined
14. What does it mean to companies and
organizations?
• Almost all aspects will be impacted:
• Operations
• PR/marketing
• Recruiting
• Employee communications
• Information management
15. What does it mean to companies and
organizations?
• New challenges:
• Brand management
• Disclosures & representations by
employees
• Usage guidelines