Thoughts on KM, Collaboration, Organizational Effectiveness and Silo Busting
Posted in Social Media on Aug 3rd, 2009
#6 People will never adopt these tools; they like email too much. People still love their email. As much as people complain about it; they can’t live without it. Adoption of social tools is not automatic, which is why you need a purpose, a plan and some marketing and communication behind them. But, the benefits of [...]
Posted in Social Media on Jul 31st, 2009
#1 You can just launch it and forget it. Yes. The purpose of social tools is to inspire collaboration and transparency, and its content should grow organically. However, you need a plan to monitor postings to ease your attorneys’ apprehensions and track usage for proof of success.
#2 People will stumble upon it own their own. [...]
Posted in Knowledge Management, Social Media on Jul 17th, 2009
So, let me get this straight. I use a wiki to create project agendas but a SharePoint site to store my project management documents. I go to YouTube for our corporate videos and Flickr to contribute to our “fun” employee photo library. Then, I jump to the discussion forums to share and comment on ideas but if I [...]