The truth is that you don’t have time not to implement new and more effective ways of working. Of course there’s an overhead cost, because until you try out different resources it’s not always obvious which ones will work best. However, the organization doesn’t explore new ways of working it will increasingly lag behind the curve. Who would employ a plumber who still used lead pipes? Same argument applies.

Source: www.philb.com Posted by bee 752 days, 16 hours, 1 minute ago

Recently, I read the new business book by Seth Godin, Linchpin: Are you indispensible? which is a must-have for any modern person’s bookshelf. The major premise of the book is that there are no more great jobs that pay well where someone tells you what to do.

Let me repeat that, because jobs where someone tells you exactly what to do have been a stable of hierarchical organizations for a long time now. There are no more great jobs where someone tells you what to do.

The reason is that every job simple enough for a manager to tell their employees exactly what to do can be outsourced or automated, eventually. Even if you currently have a well-paying job where someone tells you what to do all day, how long will it last?

Source: www.aiimcommunities.org Posted by bee 759 days, 16 hours, 55 minutes ago

One of the factors we have found in the successful implementation of a corporate intranet is the ‘personality’ factor. At its surface, this may seem to be a fluff aspect of what you need to plan for, but I am here to assure you that it is a critical piece of the puzzle in constructing and executing on an intranet that will achieve all you want it to for your organization.

The personality factor is reflected in the way in which you choose to set your intranet up. Will the intranet be more task based or community based? Does the balance between those two aspects mirror the corporate culture? If not, you could be facing an uphill battle in adoption and ongoing usage.

Source: page10.ning.com Posted by bee 761 days, 17 hours, 20 minutes ago

Over the last three years, I’ve met a lot of people who are their organization’s social media evangelist, lead, POC, pioneer, ninja, guru, etc., and I’ve met many others who are aspiring to take on that role. 

Hell, I even wrote my last post to help those people get started.  While it’s easy to get caught up in all the hype that often follows the people in these roles – the promotions, the raises, the invitations to participate in selective working groups, the perso...

Source: steveradick.com Posted by bee 762 days, 2 hours, 41 minutes ago

Posted by Dion Hinchcliffe There’s been some useful and interesting discussion in the blogosphere recently about collaborative social tools and their potential to improve business performance.

At the core of this discussion is this essential question: Can social tools reach the “hard numbers” part of a business enough to make a real difference?

Source: blogs.zdnet.com Posted by CreatingTheExperience 768 days, 17 hours, 9 minutes ago

According to Dante in his Divine Comedy the inscription above the door to Hades reads “Abandon hope all ye who enter here”. For many this could also be the sign on the home page of their organisation’s intranet as, with business-critical decisions to make, they begin the daily hunt for information that they are sure should be somewhere in the application.

It could just as easily be the sign on the door of the intranet manager of the organisation, though this door usually also carries a number of other job descriptions, all of which seem to be given more priority by the organisation than the care and development of the intranet. Most organisations of any size will have a full-time web manager, often with a support team, but this is rarely the case with the intranet.

Source: www.ariadne.ac.uk Posted by support 771 days, 14 hours, 30 minutes ago

This week I’ll share with you five relatively easy, yet very effective methods you can utilize to ensure that your intranet is seen as delivering value, as well as turning your senior managers into believers as well.

V.A.L.U.E.

V. Different people look at value in different ways. While we won’t go into debating the definition of value itself here, we need to establish that any value delivered through your intranet should be viewed in the context of your company’s business goals, strategy and deliverables. While this might sound like: “Doh! Everybody knows that...” we very often fall into the trap of labeling the wrong things as ‘intranet value’. Or in some cases - double counting that value.

Source: www.intranetlife.com Posted by bee 776 days, 15 hours, 29 minutes ago

Intranet teams need to use their time wisely. It is very easy to fall into the trap of dealing with urgent requests and problems, never actually making any progress.

Effective intranet teams must plan up front how they will spend their time to deliver both short term and long term benefits to their organisations.

Source: www.steptwo.com.au Posted by bee 776 days, 16 hours, 18 minutes ago