Summertime equals vacation time, and I recently took a quick roadtrip to Nashville with my sister to see a concert at the gorgeous Ryman Theater. Since this was my first official vacation of the year, I decided to step away from online media--well, at least...
Social technology investments could provide an increase of over $1.3 trillion in global business value annually, according to a study by McKinsey & Co. With new social tools constantly being introduced and significant advances made in online collaboration capabilities, social business offers a wealth of...
"Sales 2.0 is all about aligning people, processes, and technology," says Sales 2.0 Conference host Gerhard Gschwandtner. As the number one industry event devoted to excellence in leveraging SaaS technologies, Enterprise Strategies is proud to announce that Advisor Christine McLeod will be presenting at the...
In the Winter 1999 edition of the California Management Review, Peter Drucker stated, “The most valuable asset of a 21st century organization will be its knowledge workers and its productivity.” Drucker’s Prediction is Proving to be True. Demanding economic factors and intensely fierce global competition have firms...
Imagine you were browsing one of those job web sites. (I know, this is purely hypothetical since everyone I know is extremely happy and content with their current job. But let’s play pretend for a moment.) Now imagine you came across this ad: Wanted: Motivated applicants...
“Social is more than a trend, it is a revolution that is changing the way we work and collaborate," Chatter Product Marketing Director Dave King told me recently. I admit. I wasn't necessarily sold on the idea. The business case for replicating popular social networking functionality...
[Update: Making this post a game!] Post a comment with one potential use of gamification at your company. Top 3 ideas (those getting the most likes) will be featured in a follow up post - clearly a fast track to extreme fame and fortune -...
You can’t throw enterprise social tools at any company and expect them to stick. Certain critical pieces have to be in place in order for the technology and the tactics to boost employee engagement, recruit and retain employees, break down knowledge silos and more for...
When you signed up for your first Facebook account back in the early 2000s, you were probably curious. You wanted to learn more about this new “social media” platform and see if it might be fun and useful to you. After a few weeks, you...
Employee engagement is more than a buzzword in human resources departments. As a growing body of evidence shows, and the folks at Gallup put so well, “engaged employees are more productive. They are more profitable, more customer-focused, safer, and more likely to withstand temptations to...