Comments on: A promising future for intranets and social media http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/04/10/a-promising-future-for-intranets-and-social-media/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:45:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Converting flipchart knowledge at NevilleHobson.com http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/04/10/a-promising-future-for-intranets-and-social-media/#comment-851 Converting flipchart knowledge at NevilleHobson.com Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:24:55 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/04/10/a-promising-future-for-intranets-and-social-media/#comment-851 [...] What I’ve been doing for some months is photographing whiteboards and flipcharts with my Nokia N70 cameraphone (such as at the workshop I co-presented in London earlier this month). At least I have a record even if it is just a 2-megapixel digital image file. I can share it so everyone can still have that information. [...] [...] What I’ve been doing for some months is photographing whiteboards and flipcharts with my Nokia N70 cameraphone (such as at the workshop I co-presented in London earlier this month). At least I have a record even if it is just a 2-megapixel digital image file. I can share it so everyone can still have that information. [...]

]]> By: neville http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/04/10/a-promising-future-for-intranets-and-social-media/#comment-642 neville Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:03:17 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/04/10/a-promising-future-for-intranets-and-social-media/#comment-642 Yes, I know quite a lot about the IBM experience, Marcel. We talked about what IBM is doing with intranets and taxonomy (in particular) during the workshops. Re those environmental factors you mention, there is no 'template answer,' in my view. Culture, org structure, IT framework... such things play an influencing and dynamic role in how an intranet itself (never mind social media) is structured and used, as well as regarded by those who use it. We had some interesting opinions on these points from the participants in both workshops. As for hearing the workshop in a podcast, I would love to do something like that in an upcoming one. Stay tuned! Yes, I know quite a lot about the IBM experience, Marcel. We talked about what IBM is doing with intranets and taxonomy (in particular) during the workshops.

Re those environmental factors you mention, there is no ‘template answer,’ in my view. Culture, org structure, IT framework… such things play an influencing and dynamic role in how an intranet itself (never mind social media) is structured and used, as well as regarded by those who use it. We had some interesting opinions on these points from the participants in both workshops.

As for hearing the workshop in a podcast, I would love to do something like that in an upcoming one. Stay tuned!

]]> By: Marcel de Ruiter http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/04/10/a-promising-future-for-intranets-and-social-media/#comment-640 Marcel de Ruiter Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:44:39 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/04/10/a-promising-future-for-intranets-and-social-media/#comment-640 Hi Neville, Thanks for sharing this with us. I would love the hear the workshop in a podcast, but I guess that was not an option. As for the tagging, were you aware of <a href="http://http://acmqueue.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=printer_friendly&pid=344&page=1" rel="nofollow">IBM</a> looking into this? I especially liked the careful sentence "there is a bias toward increased transparency in these tools". The idea of tagging is a very nice one, but what about the main "environmental factors" determining the success of this for the particular company? What should be in place (sharing culture etc.)? How are you going to reach the critical mass for these types of applications to work? Just my two cents... Best regards, Marcel Hi Neville,

Thanks for sharing this with us. I would love the hear the workshop in a podcast, but I guess that was not an option.

As for the tagging, were you aware of IBM looking into this? I especially liked the careful sentence “there is a bias toward increased transparency in these tools”.

The idea of tagging is a very nice one, but what about the main “environmental factors” determining the success of this for the particular company? What should be in place (sharing culture etc.)? How are you going to reach the critical mass for these types of applications to work?

Just my two cents…

Best regards,
Marcel

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