With the New Year quickly approaching, many begin thinking about goals and vision for the coming year. Companies are no different. The year-end is the perfect time to evaluate where you have been, where you would like to be, and exactly how to get there....
You may have heard your manager say "I need my employees here in the office! That's where collaboration and teamwork flourish!" While in-person interaction is necessary for some organizations, for others it may have added costs and stressors that employers may not have considered. Working...
The Future of Work promotes flexibility, and offering remote work to employees is a growing trend. According to FlexJobs, a company that promotes freelance and teleworking jobs, “68% of U.S. workers say, in the future, they expect to work remotely instead of commute to an office...
It's an exciting time to be a business adopting social solutions. The previous industry one-size-fits-all approach is no longer relevant. In the past, customers purchased generic solutions and found they were left with gaps in effectiveness and efficiency. As social business evolves, solution providers are recognizing...
Enterprise Social Networks Can Increase Employee Engagement Curious about how to motivate executives to use Enterprise Social Networks (ESNs)? This new, social way of working is not exclusive to a specific department or level within your organization. ESNs are legitimate business tools that, if applied correctly,...
There are many things that we need in life and in this day an age you don't have to look to far to find an app specifically designed for each one of them. I am very excited to live during this time period and a...
First in a series highlighting predictions of Enterprise Strategies' Client Advisors for social business in 2014. 2014 is poised to be another year of continued social business implementation and enterprise adoption. With this in mind, here are my top predictions for social business in the New...
Collaboration and internal collaboration is continuing to be a major focus of all businesses, and there were insights from several different industries during the Business Development Institute's Future of Collaboration and Internal Communications Summit in New York City last month. (Enterprise Strategies Principal Patrick...
Intranets Reimagined! The Internet of Customers has been the prevailing theme throughout Dreamforce 2013 in San Francisco this week--but what are the emerging trends and technologies for internal communication and collaboration? In the session on "The Intranet of the Future Is Here! Transforming Your Business From...
Social Business has become a buzzword across all industries. When asked, most Insurance Industry business leaders can confidently recite a few of the compelling benefits Social Business provides. The ones I hear most often are: increased employee collaboration and knowledge sharing, more transparent and open...
