You can sense it. An economic slow down is approaching. The dreaded “R” word. When it hits and demand drops, savvy business leaders make moves – fast! Time is critical, head and heart come into play but in the end those functions, process and people that don’t appear to impact the bottom line are deemed […]
Why Wait for the Storm to Hit? Read More »
I’m still reflecting on the the day spent with some very passionate and knowledgeable internal communications folks at SwoopChat in NYC a few weeks ago. This user event featured many short, impressive presentations from larger organizations implementing enterprise social platforms. The stories of successes and challenges were shared with candor and energy and all were
Collaboration is (still) Not a Technology Issue Read More »
Social learning is alive and well. Especially in the informal sense but formal social still needs encouragement. I made this realization at SwoopChat today (a Swoop Analytics users event) where I was delighted by the numerous internal comms people I met and listened to. I learned that many were thinking beyond social tech adoption (even
Internal Comms Taking the Informal Social Learning Torch Read More »
For years many have lamented that rigid hierarchies, silos and knowledge is power beliefs were the greatest barrier to social success in organizations. Rightfully so, as many of us in this space of social advocacy answered the tough questions that stemmed from fear and pushed through those that saw it as folly and/or a passing fad.
Flippancy: The Biggest Threat To Enterprise Social Today Read More »
In a Harvard Business Review article (one with actual data) a pretty interesting but unsurprising study was done revealing that in poor economic times employees will collaborate less. It may just be the old lizard brain and self preservation kicking in, a case of Fight AND Flight. Basically, fearing job loss – people fight to
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