Tag: Social Business
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5 Ways That Systems of Engagement Bring Out Our Full Social Selves
Technology has a way of sucking the humanity right out of us. Consider how we describe, design and deploy ‘enterprise 2.0’ and work system technologies in our organizations: — When we talk about technology systems, we talk about machines, platforms, inputs and outputs. We forget about values, emotion, flourishing, meaning and purpose. — When we…
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Social Intranet Design and Organizational Identity: Design for functionality and character
In a social organization, the design of digital social tools like intranets should reflect the organizational features that define the organization. These design features, no matter how subtle, can ‘auto-communicate’ and make salient the characteristics that matter most, and help organizations stay authentic. Especially in the digital workplace, our digital tools create an important shared…
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7 Ways That Social Business Advice is Wrong for Your Organization
“Social Business” is coming to your organization, whether you’re ready or not. Social business tools, also known as enterprise social media or systems of engagement, are increasingly being advocated by vendors and consultants as tools that help any organization do its work better. But, while the influx of social tools could really benefit your organization,…
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Are Your Social Business Systems Designed for Extraction or Contribution?
The move of social business systems into work organizations exacerbates a tension that’s built into every idea-intensive workplace. Idea-intensive workplaces ask employees to contribute not just the work of their bodies, but also the work of their minds and their hearts. These workplaces set up a tension between asking people to give of themselves as…
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7 Reasons To ReThink Social Scoring Inside Social Organizations– before it’s too late
“Manager A’s results with the department’s implementation of Program X were outstanding, but her internal Klout score is only a 43. Given her low influence score, it looks like she’s not as good a leader as Manager B. I know that Manager B has been with us only two years, and hasn’t yet finished Program…
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How Social Media Affects the Organization Itself: Post Roundup
What are we learning as we watch (and help) social media, consumer-outreach -style tools, make their way into the organization? We’re learning that this phenomenon can be understood from a wide range of disparate perspectives, which don’t necessarily see eye-to-eye. At least not yet. Still, I’m anticipating a convergence among perspectives that will create a…
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Social Organizations and IT Leadership: Resources
For students at my class on “Social Organizations, Systems of Engagement and the IT Leadership Challenge”, here are the resources for the charts and some key ideas. I also added links to some interesting posts that can flesh out some of the ideas we discussed in class. As always, you can email me with additional questions or…
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Use Extreme Leverage 2.0 to Change The Social World
Traditionally, extreme leverage is something organizations worked hard to avoid. Now, in the social media landscape, “Extreme Leverage 2.0” is something that evey organization should embrace. Why? Because Extreme Leverage 2.0 allows a few people, in relatively small businesses, to change the world for their stakeholders. Understanding Extreme Leverage 2.0 In the world of corporate finance,…
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Networks and the Myth that Flatter Organizations are Better
Are flatter organizations really “better”? If they are better, how? Hey, I already wrote a dissertation, so I’m not going to take on that question in its entirety. And, I’m not going to do the proper academic thing of being super-specific and qualifying my points. You got complaints? Email me and I’ll send you the…
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Networks and The Myth of Flattening Organizations
I was excited to hear from a few social media/Enterprise 2.0 advocates after my post last week asking When will social business become social change business? Special thanks to Jon Husband of Wirearchy, who not only confirmed that he has a revolutionary agenda behind his networked models of organizing but who also sent me some…