E2.0 Adoption Market Winner Has Pulse On Community Sentiment

Last October, we partnered with Susan Scrupski, founder of the Adoption Council, to launch the Adoption Index Prediction Market, a space for the E2.0 community to forecast key industry trends.

The current leader in the market is Samuel Driessen, an Information Architect at Océ, a 22,000-employee provider of digital document management technology and services. In recognition of his performance, he has been awarded an all-access pass to the upcoming E2.0 Conference in Boston. Many thanks to Steve Wylie of TechWeb for sponsoring this prize.

The actual results for the forecasts in the Adoption Index Prediction Market won’t be known until early June. So what does it mean that Samuel is currently in first place? In essence, he’s a trend spotter. If you want to know what people think will happen with E2.0, talk to Samuel. In June, we’ll find out if he’s equally as good at calling actual outcomes.

What does Samuel think the future holds? “To me, I’m not as focused on the Web 2.0 applications as I am on the underlying concepts. These concepts are here to stay. They will fundamentally change the way we interact in this world, how businesses will run internally, and how they’ll interface with customers. Openness, transparency, and network effects are here to stay.”

Samuel is dedicated to instilling these concepts at Océ. He’s proud of the value he’s created for Océ by implementing E2.0 tools such as wikis, blogging, microblogging, and social bookmarking. “It’s really interesting to see how people are finding and helping each other as a result of these technologies.”

We particularly like Samuel’s comparison of structured information processes (e.g., ERP systems) and unstructured information processes (e.g., microblogging). Samuel thinks prediction markets have the potential to bridge the gap between these two types of processes. The “Adoption Index market gave me a great chance to see what the power of a prediction market is.”

It will be a couple more months before we know whether Samuel will keep his first place position. In the meantime, we appreciated the opportunity to hear from such a thoughtful member of the E2.0 community.