2011 Social Intranet Summit This year's Social Intranet Summit was even better than the last. One great speaker after another, presenting both real world, usable content and the inspiration needed to drive change in your organization. This, coupled with well thought out content curation and conference...
Many thanks to the Intranet Benchmarking Forum for their sponsorship and to my friends at ThoughtFarmer for inviting me back to speak at this year's Social Intranet Summit. Thank you also to Tony Hsieh and Jenn Lim for inspiring this year's topic. Press Release: September 6, 2011...
Many thanks to my friends at the Intranet Benchmarking Forum for inviting me to speak at this great event. Press Release: August 17, 2011 New York, NY The Intranet Benchmarking Forum (IBF) is delighted to announce another of its highly successful “Wake Up and Smell the Intranets”...
As an honorary director of the Intranet Benchmarking Forum, I am fortunate to be able to attend IBF’s members-only meetings and am often asked, “what actually happens at these meetings?” Below is my post from their most recent meeting. In a word, these meetings are...
Next Tuesday, May 17th, I will be co-hosting the Los Angeles segment of IBF24, a 24-hour global online conference for lovers of all things enterprise collaboration. The event rolls virtually around the world, starting in London, and then moving to broadcast centers in New York,...
Social Business is not new, but it has recently been moved to the top of many agendas. Why, and more importantly, why now? During his address to the 2011 Social Business Summit audience in Austin, Texas, JP Rangaswami, Salesforce Chief Scientist, eloquently explained that the reason that social...
This post was inspired by Michael Idinopulos and his writing on why Companies Aren't Communities. Why Enterprise Social Collaboration Efforts Fail. I’ve researched many failed enterprise social efforts. The formula is quite simple and almost always the same. If the focus is on the tools being used,...
Encouraging Enterprise Social Collaboration Creating a collaborative enterprise is not easy. It involves getting management buy-in, implementing the appropriate processes and tools, and getting employees to openly adopt a new way of working. This first of a series of posts addresses the last, and I believe...
Oneness is defined as the quality or state of being one; singleness or wholeness; uniqueness; a state or condition of perfect harmony or accord. Does this sound like your intranet? For many, the answer is a resounding “no”. Some classify this quest for intranet nirvana...
The Internet is full of content rated by users. One star for a meal over here. Five stars for this book over there. We have come to accept these ratings, assigned by people we don’t know and probably never will, as a reasonably reliable gauge...