Niki Flandorfer can hear new conversations in the business world. He feels these conversations will make companies more human and focused on people and culture by recognizing them as the prime movers of success. Niki Flandorfer is inspiring metalayer since it's earliest days. Niki and Markus met in September, 1999 and spent many a nights in the office, or in Niki's "war-room" in the basement, co-developing the metalayer vision, while working at daytime for their former employer - Deloitte Consulting. Niki was an Internet consultant and a member of the European ebusiness Core Team. Niki joined metalayer in October, 2001. He is the Co-founder, Chief Knowledge Officer and a board member. Today he leads the European Sales Operations and as a Knowledge Officer, he constantly educates and inspires the organization. Interview

THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY

We are witnessing the emergence of a new kind of Knowledge based ECONOMY, one in which not only Knowledge and Innovation, but Transparency, Trust and (Business) Culture are becoming the sustainable, competitive advantages of the extended Enterprise. Most corporations, converse in an impersonal and glib manner, which leaves anyone involved with a cold feeling towards business. In the networked world of the future these inhuman companies (even if that is an exaggeration) will loose any and all respect due to their monotonous and mechanical way of interaction. Truth is, the Internet has started a global conversation, and as a result the markets are soon outperforming companies in being smart. As new open worlds create new people and as how we live in our world is the same thing as who we are a simple truth comes to our mind; ORGANIZATIONS ARE CULTURES OF RELATIONSHIPS !

WHAT IS THE INTERNET ALL ABOUT?

The Internet is all about 'New Social Online Networks' - not isolated from each other, the simple and great ability to respond TO and interact collectively WITH people and companies directly. The Internet is all about talking to each other.

Companies will not become Human by talking about how important customers are to them, nor by making nice sounding butter layered promises. They will only sound human when they empower real human beings to speak on their behalf, and speak within themselves - and this is what metalayer's extended collaborative Enterprise-Solutions are all about.

Today's Enterprises have two choices: They can continue to lock themselves behind facile corporate words and happy-talk brochures, or they can join a complete new LAYER of conversation.

metalayer's Platform & Services help you to get used to these ideas:
The conversations are not going away.
The conversations are the INTERNET.

In just 2 years as a technology company, metalayer has developed a strong team of 40 People with a comprehensive suite of Contextual Conversation, Thought Integrated Collaboration Experts and Intelligent Conversation Capabilities. It would be fair to say that, we are a real extended enterprise now ...living our collective vision simultaneously with all of our stakeholders.

metalayer's extended Community Network is transforming itself into a knowledge-system. We all are starting to feel the BEAT of PEOPLE online. The metalayer itself is acting as the extension of our collective voice.

WHAT IS THE VALUE FOR CUSTOMERS, PARTNERS, SUPPLIERS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES & PEOPLE ?

The value is a complete new kind of INTER-ENTERPRISE WIDE, REAL-TIME COLLABORATION. Our Customers & Partners are building real KNOWLEDGE-CREATION HUB's. Their Knowledge emerges through shared contexts, that are created through highly collaborative interactions and intelligent transparent conversations.

People (Customers) using metalayer platforms are starting to feel transparency and collaboration as a natural evolution within their enterprise. With no need of using "eMail" anymore within their Community-Networks, they start to make knowledge work so well integrated, that it becomes a part of who they are and what they do. These are some of the fundamental values, which customers report to us.

metalayer has worked hard for the last 2 years to come out of "the bunker". The past years have seen metalayer strategically position itself for exponential growth. By successfully identifying and on-boarding valuable brain-power, academic as well strategic business partnerships and excellent technology talent, we pushed our capabilities far beyond those of our competitors.

Our vision is the new workplace of tomorrow. A work culture of real-time knowledge sharing, transparency, people working together not just as employees but as teams that evolve together. metalayer is working to create platforms and environments to harness the power of the collective human mind.

Soon, Collaborative communities will break geographical and other barriers and help enterprises leverage the collective knowledge of a connected work force, which will communicate, co-work, co-learn and co-create to generate more value both in terms of quality and quantity. These communities will help to bring together suppliers and customers and pave way for functional relationships of deliverance. A high level of transparency will see the advent of a new business culture of straight forwardness and honesty.

Corporate firewalls have kept smart employees in and smart markets out. It's going to cause real pain to tear those walls down. But the result will be a new kind of conversation. And it will be the most exciting conversation business has ever engaged in. Not only this, collaborative communities will induce continuous learning and education into the culture of organizations. Work will become more fun and exciting, and most of all more human, paving way for a work culture of togetherness.

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