Social media: pros growing ...
An article in the Economist (31.1.2010) titled "Yammering away at the office" has fostered
some more positive aspects harnessing corporate usage of social media tools like Yammer.
"A third hurdle is that bosses are worried about allowing informal groups of workers
to spring up that managers cannot control. Yet this is precisely why the systems
are so valuable. Often new ideas and insights—as well as warnings about potential
threats—come from informal contacts rather than from formal meetings. The
trouble is that existing IT systems are geared towards reinforcing separate silos
rather than building bridges between them."
Knowledge mgmt is not about command and control but understanding the dynamics of trust ...
Leadership is needed:
Swimming against the information clutter
some more positive aspects harnessing corporate usage of social media tools like Yammer.
"A third hurdle is that bosses are worried about allowing informal groups of workers
to spring up that managers cannot control. Yet this is precisely why the systems
are so valuable. Often new ideas and insights—as well as warnings about potential
threats—come from informal contacts rather than from formal meetings. The
trouble is that existing IT systems are geared towards reinforcing separate silos
rather than building bridges between them."
Knowledge mgmt is not about command and control but understanding the dynamics of trust ...
Leadership is needed:
Swimming against the information clutter
jhagmann - 14. Feb, 21:35
