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Dachis Group London is No More

This is a post from the future to wrap up the Headshift story. Dachis Group, and therefore Dachis Group London, no longer exists. We learned some valuable lessons that we hope to take forward into the future.

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We are Dachis Group London :)

Headshift is changing its name to Dachis Group London as we complete our integration with the global firm. This will bring new opportunities for our clients and partners.

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Social Business Transformation in Legal and Professional Services

More and more legal and professional services firms are now focusing on social business ideas as a route to greater operational efficiency and closer client relationships. We have a mature practice in this area, and here is how we might help.

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Social Experience Design: one method, two tools, three tips, the lecture

Given how much I like teaching, last week for me was great: I had to speak at UX Conference 2011 in Lugano, and I got… read more

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Adoption strategies for Social Software

This post deals with adoption of social software in enterprises. It might echo with people that have faced problems in getting others to believe that… read more

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Bridging the physical barrier: QR Codes, NFC & AR

QR Codes, Semacodes and other similar technologies are a very tricky topic to address, they’re also subject to quite intense waves of hype that repeat… read more

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Data-driven business improvement

Open data within the enterprise is set to become a leading driver of positive behaviour change and greater self-management, with real benefits for productivity. Here are some thoughts from my keynote talk at the E2.0 Conference about how this might work.

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Moving from Social Media Monitoring to Social Business Intelligence

Sharing and acting on real-time data for business improvement

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Take your SharePoint implementation to the next level

More and more Sharepoint implementations are hitting the adoption wall. This is an avoidable problem. This post covers how Sharepoint can be used as a capability layer to drive a successful social business platform, and how to work around its limitations.

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The double pyramid of a successful social business

Any good social business is built on two carefully balanced pyramids, which mirror two different approaches that are required to coexist in a business that… read more

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Post*Shift: the Prequel

A decade of learning how, when and with whom social technology can be implemented inside organisations to humanise and improve their operations left behind an interesting trail of blog posts, experiences and case studies, so it seemed like a good idea to maintain this web archive. Headshift was founded in 2002, sold in 2009, and the right to its name and content was then re-acquired by its founders in 2014 as they were setting up their new venture, Post*Shift. If you enjoy reading this archive, please head over to the Post*Shift site to find out how we are building on the first phase of social business technology to create new structures, culture and operations in large organisations as part of our vision for Twenty-First Century Business.

Case Studies

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Reynolds Porter Chamberlain

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) LLP is a mid-sized, London-based law firm that was faced with a scenario that is familiar to many enterprises. The firm… read more

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One and Other (Sky Arts)

One & Other was an ambitious art project conceived by world-famous UK sculptor Antony Gormley that aimed to create a living portrait of the UK… read more

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International FMCG company

The legal team for an international fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) company sought an efficient method of improving internal knowledge sharing among key staff. The… read more