I'm a big believer of the notion that enterprise social software needs porous walls. The eventual success of our social business implementations will come when we can actually facilitate information exchange across these porous walls. Can we use our social business platforms to build a composite brand for people using their activity from across the web? How can we make corporate identities on social business platforms intermesh with people's existing brands on the public internet? Image credit: Faithful Chant People have identities. twist to them? MORE >>

By thoughtfully implementing a social learning environment called Sun Learning eXchange (SLX), the training function found an effective way to "do more with less." Enterprise Social Software is changing the face of corporate learning. Tags: collaboration Learning Culture Learning on Demand social networking If you are looking for a real-world example of what's possible when a corporate learning function decides to make formalizing informal learning a centerpiece of its strategy, look no further than Sun Microsystems. " What Did They Do? David. MORE >>

Shared experience, not just shared information, is fundamental to the social networks underlying collaboration and innovation. Collaboration means getting to know that other employees possess expertise on this or that topic, but also developing comfort with one another by sharing significant symbols relating to self, family, friends, and social activities, thereby understanding one another as people. Brands Change Management Collaboration Experience Design Social Networks Enterprise 2.0 project management social business social capital social software stack Web 2.0 MORE >>

We will be publishing this kind of hot list each week and doing monthly and other summaries here using the social filtering mechanisms of Browse My Stuff. The following are the top posts from featured sources based on social signals. SharePoint vs. Social Media - Engaged Learning , June 22, 2009. Using Social Signals to Find Top eLearning Resources - eLearning Technology , June 24, 2009. The following are the top other items based on social signals. Measurement & ROI for Social & Network Learning , June 18, 2009. Social Software (7). MORE >>

» The State of Enterprise Social Software. Nearly all of the enterprise software product companies are claiming understanding of Web 2.0, IBM: A good start with their Connections social software stack, but none of the tools are close to current practices and not to best practices. The BEA screen shots show really poor traditional enterprise software interfaces and while including trendy (but often not helpful) tag clouds and other hints they heard the buzzwords, the tools are not really more than old enterprise software in Web 2.0 clothing. MORE >>