Entries by Ross Dawson

Visualization: Wikis in the enterprise

Today we are continuing our series of visual representations of social media tools inside organizations, taken from our Implementing Enterprise 2.0 report. The diagram below was used in the chapter on wikis in the enterprise, to illustrate how wikis can be used in organizational activities. Go to the Implementing Enterprise 2.0 downloads page for several […]

Intranet Innovation Awards: Submissions open

Unfortunately posting this a bit late, but there is still time to submit your awesome intranet work to the Intranet Innovation Awards – the deadline is May 1. The awards are run annually by StepTwo Designs, and for the last two years have featured some fantastic examples of innovation in internal web initiatives. One of […]

An Argument for Heterarchy: creating more effective organizational structures

The latest issue of People and Strategy Journal has an extremely interesting Point/ Counterpoint feature. Download the full article and responses here. Karen Stephenson, a leading network theorist and practitioner, wrote an article Neither Hierarchy nor Network: An Argument for Heterarchy, examining how heterarchies, that bring together elements of networks and hierarchies, are the most […]

Telstra releases social media policy: it’s time for organizations to get their act together

This morning’s Sydney Morning Herald displayed a prominent headline Telstra lays down the law on Twitter. The article began: Telstra has become the first major Australian company to set down guidelines on the use of Facebook, Twitter and similar websites by its employees. First? According to whom? As noted by Stephen Collins, the Australian Public […]

Yet another logo competition – first public news of a new influence ratings engine

I’ve just posted my third logo competition on 99 designs in as many months, as I am now firmly in venture generation mode, and have found that 99 designs can provide excellent results if you approach it the right way. After rebranding Advanced Human Technologies (full launch announced shortly) and launching events firm The Insight […]

Largest ever organizational network analysis shows how social networks drive performance

For years now I have been trying to get the message out to senior executives that effective social networks are critical to business performance. By now that is well understood, in part supported by the large body research and academic literature on how social networks in and across organizations drive results and performance. Now researchers […]