A few days ago I presented on the opportunity that I believe HR professionals have to lead enterprise collaboration within their organizations. HR is the only department that really focuses on people and so those in HR are in an interesting position when it comes
Based on a research report Chess Media Group released last year on the State of Enterprise 2.0 Collaboration, the most common types of IT resistance to collaboration are: it’s not a priority, there are security issues or threats, no manpower, and no budget. Let’s take a
Based on a research report Chess Media Group released last year on the State of Enterprise 2.0 Collaboration, the most common types of employee/user resistance to collaboration are: employees don’t want to learn a new technology, employees don’t have the time, and employees are already
All good chess players understand the risks of the moves they make on the board and the consequences that can result. However, chess players also have plans in place for what to do if those risks are taken advantage of by their opponents. Here are some of the
There are essentially four ways to go about implementing an enterprise collaboration initiative at any organization, each with their own challenges. The factors that control the four options are: the duration of the deployment and the scope of the deployment (length of time and how
Based on a research report Chess Media Group released last year on the State of Enterprise 2.0 Collaboration, the most common types of managers resistance to collaboration are: not a priority, uncertainty about tangible ROI, uncertainty about overall business value, and lack of a supportive culture. Let’s
Oftentimes the topic of non work related content comes up when discussing internal collaboration. Specifically, managers want to know how they can make it so that non-work related content stays to a minimum while employees stay laser focused on work related tasks. You can’t do
A few weeks ago I spoke at a conference in Arizona with Robert Scoble. I also spent some time with Robert over the course of the few days we were there together. Robert stopped blogging a few months ago and even though his blog always
I’m not quite sure when this happened but at some point we began relying more on technology to make decisions for us and less on people. How many times have we been faced with a situation were a customer service representative tells us, “I’m sorry
I recently came across this infographic created by Clinked which does a great job of telling the collaboration story. I actually never heard of Clinked before today. However, this visual covers some great points based on research from places such as MIT, Forbes, Atlassian, McKinsey
