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Introduction

The Office 2.0 Unconference (aka Open Space) is organized by Kaliya Hamlin, Identity Woman, and Ross Mayfied, Socialtext CEO. The unconference is open to all conference attendees, as well as the general public. It will take place on September 5th, 2007, from 9:00AM to 5:00PM in the Impressionist room at the St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco, CA.

owered by a brand new set of productivity tools. Think about the jump from typewriters to word processors. Think about how, in the 1980s, our parents had to struggle to learn to use spreadsheets like VisiCalc and Lotus 1-2-3. We are on the verge of experiencing a jump in the

clients delivering major-league web applications, consulting on web strategy, helping implement a social computing strategy and developing and implementing programs supporting knowledge workers.

acidlabs focuses on working in the the knowledge economy - providing consulting on practices and practical approaches for knowledge workers and their managers - particularly with implementations of social computing tools as a supporting technology for collaborative, knowledge-centric communities. We have an extensive background in information architecture, user experience and accessibility.

Knowledge Worker 2.0

Business in the early 21st Century has changed. Along with it, workers have changed. No longer tied up in process, modern knowledge workers need to be synthesizers or T-shaped or fuzzy or bursty. Or all of these things.



They want tools that the IT department hasn't approved — and isn't going to any time soon. They are as demanding and insistent as those Gen-Y kids, yet they aren't the right age. They want to "connect" and "have a conversation". They talk about "engagement in a community" and want to open the wall to your clients and customers. Worse yet, they want to be the ones talking to clients and customers! They refuse to answer email as it arrives. They're never at their desk. Yet they always get things done and more often than not, they over-deliver on their commitments.



They are Knowledge Worker 2.0.



How do you deal with these people? How do you get their managers and peers to understand they're not slacking off? How do you get them and their thoughts in a place where they can play nice with their more traditional co-workers?



In this presentation, Stephen Collins will introduce the Knowledge Worker 2.0 and offer up some strategies and tactics for them to deal with their "frustrating" co-workers and for their managers and peers to cope with, understand and learn from them.