Understanding the differences between communities within organizations is a must for grasping the value of any collaborative intelligence eco-system.
I have been working for several years now with the community quadrant diagram, published for the first time in 2007 in …
The impact of new technologies, especially the web 2.0 ones, and social networks will dramatically change many HR systems. A few examples:
Recruitment
Recruitment will be impacted by the mass of information now available on individuals via the social networks, …
Networking, symbol (gr. συμβάλλω, unite) of Unity, is hard hit by current winds of wrath and power; I just make the wish that these diabolic (gr. διάϐολος, separation) forces shall disappear in time and networking fully play its role. May companies, applying relevant tools, make only good cohesion sense out of them!
One of the difficulties with organizations today is to represent them in an acceptable way. The old organization chart is largely outdated since it shows only the hierarchical dependencies and not the reality of the corporation. But what is the reality? How could one represent an organization in a way useful to employees, clients, shareholders and other stakeholders?
Everyone talks about networking; you get invitations galore to be on some new website, then spend more time juggling from one to the other than really getting interested in what comes through, whether these are professional or personal driven. Has …