I’ve been consulting with a local non-profit organization over the past 12 months. After initially doing an assessment of needs (identifying issues with resiliency) we determined a course of action would be to complete their strategic plan (started in 2018). By doing so, they would have a 3 year flexible plan to help build their […]
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Is your organization thinking to employ enterprise social technology? I’d bet they aren’t really ready. Most companies aren’t ready given the reports by Gartner and others regarding goals not being met. Here’s a quick way to gauge readiness – The Innovation Matrix. What your company, like most companies, ultimately seeks when employing social tech is to
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The current approaches used to move organizations to be more social are struggling. The first phase was in using social technology. We quickly found out that the idea of “if you build it, they will come” didn’t work. Phase two focused rightly on “culture change” through social leadership initiatives. This is a top down approach
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Social business talk hasn’t progressed much beyond what it is or how it’s done. Jon Husband noted this in a brilliant and succinct post back in 2013 where he said that “most of the conversation circulating and re-cycling regarding [social business] … what ‘social business’ is and/or is not, how to do it right, or in 7 easy
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