A few days back I was witness to a debate where we were discussing if the choice of tools really mattered when selecting a knowledge platform. group of people felt that an organisation should make a far sighted decision decision about their knowledge platform and select one that offers features to scale, rate and manage information better. The tools DON'T matter if you don't have the Right Environment Last year, I'd written a post that talked about how little things can help your enterprise 2.0 In the initial stages of an enterprise 2.0 Let me explain what I mean. MORE >>

#Enterprise #Micro-blogging #is #a #very #powerful #tool #that #connects #people #to #people, #people #to #information, #people #to #knowledge, #and #people #to #skills. Why more organizations haven’t implemented an internal only, micro-blogging platform for their company is mind boggling. According to McKinsey and Company , only 19% of organizations have actually deployed enterprise micro-blogging inside the corporate walls through December, 2010. enterprise 2.0 ll stop using the hashtags now … point taken. evolution. micro-blogging knowledge MORE >>

These questions led me to think that there's perhaps a few fundamental realities that we're missing with the whole enterprise social learning practice. This explains the low uptake of enterprise intranets. Parallel Social Universes need Common Sense Aggregation "People's time is a zero sum game." - Mark Oelhert , Defense Acquisition University The drive to mimic social software in the enterprise is a well intentioned one. Having said this, I believe it's a mistake to create parallel social universes in the enterprise. For example, a lot of enterprise 2.0 MORE >>

I advise you to conduct a proof of concept and pilot test before committing to an enterprise wide implementation. Provide basic training for “users” on the administration and use of each selected platform or technology. Step 1 – Strategize : There is no one “right” Social Learning strategy, and there is no one right way to develop one.  The approach to strategy development depends on several factors such as your organizational structure, existing learning programs, organizational learning culture, and the value executives place on informal learning. See step 4. What’s new? MORE >>

When an employee is tapped into the micro-blogging platform, he or she now has access to the collective intelligence of the entire organization in ways email, phones and meetings will never reach. Ask a question on the micro-blogging platform and the spirit of human collaboration will surface with an answer more readily than if trying to find the ‘right person’ to answer the question in more traditional ways. This concept could be extended to your internal micro-blogging platform with the exact same benefits, but focused on organizational issues instead. MORE >>