Although still in it's infancy the buzzword Enterprise 2.0 brings with it a number of expectations; better communication channels, easier access to information and of course self organised managing of teams.

It has also brought with it many things that Enterprise 1.0 did not expect, and as such are still learning to deal with. The Enterprise 2.0 culture is that of finding the appropriate and trusted individuals within the system and is completely re-routing standard organizational hierarchies in order for the individuals within the larger system to achieve their personal outputs. Communication is quicker, more efficient and effective and as such managers are being taken to task, conversations about the good and the bad are happening both internally and externally to the organization and businesses, ill equipped to deal with these mirrors, are flustering to the often cold, always honest, feedback.

The massive upside of this infrastucture is that it opens a base from which companies can harness passionate, vocal and trusted individuals, in order to address their concerns, and shape the communities around those people and create champions for their message. There are some political theorists who are looking at management theory abstracting into political science, for many this is a natural, logical and rational approach. As an extension of that is looking where the trending topics that we are seeing take place within organizations evolving into the larger communities. So what might happen if governments learn from the behaviours of companies?

We could see services shaped around collaboration and community, where individuals are as accountable for their country as they are their companies and themselves.
Could it be possible to have a government as an emergence of collaboration, rather than a government that governs?