We welcome M.R. Rangaswami of Sand Hill Group as our guest on Talent on Target for a 3-part series about Enterprise 2.0, and its implications for the software industry.

On this blog, I frequently discuss “Workforce 2.0”—the trend I see, as our world becomes flatter and more global, for work to become more project-based, more service-based, less centralized, and less controlled from the top down.

Enterprise 2.0 and Workforce 2.0 go hand-in-hand. In fact, it is Enterprise 2.0 that is making Workforce 2.0 possible. The ability—both technologically and economically—for enterprises to distribute their work and collaborate globally has a profound effect upon how we manage workforces, develop talent, and even how we treat people at work.

The changes in the software industry, which M.R. sees first-hand in his consultant practice, are simply the first wave that will also overtake the rest of IT and professional services, and have at least ripple effects in every other sector. It is an exciting time to be a part of the changes in the ways we do business and work together.

(Jump to the next post in this series.)