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Entries in Collaboration Networks (5)

Thursday
Jan142010

Team Brainstorming and Innovation in 2010

Date14 January 2010

In Short Stories From The Front people mentioned that brainstorming within a virtual team was difficult to impossible; for example, “Especially brainstorming in a virtual team is almost impossible.”; and, “The virtual world will never deliver the value of the hallway conversation.” Why is it so difficult? We aren’t living in the stone ages! In the stone ages we could run down the hall to our local “guru’s” office and solve a problem. A few hours later we would emerge feeling happy

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AuthorAl Schmidt | CommentPost a Comment | |
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Monday
Jan042010

CASTing Content in Collaboration Networks

Date04 January 2010

In earlier posts, we discussed the Fundamental Differences between Collaboration and Social Networks, and Objectives of Players in Collaboration Networks. We offer here a model for content in collaboration networks, CAST: Create, Aggregate, Segment and Target. The CAST model is an analytical framework for leveraging content in Collaboration Networks.

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AuthorLokesh Datta | CommentPost a Comment | |
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Thursday
Dec242009

Connecting for Collaboration via Social Media?

Date24 December 2009

Is Facebook or Twitter the answer for improving collaboration? Is “Facebook for Enterprise” or “Twitter for Enterprise” the answer? Probably not! They are hammers, and quite effective at that for their purpose, but look for the right nails. Oh, and also watch out for paving the cow path. Social networking sites use impressive tools that can be utilized for collaboration networks for the enterprise. But, we must not forget to pick the right horse for the course. Remember, the enterprise reluctantly adopted IM but never the whole AOL walled-garden. And, they have been right!

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AuthorLokesh Datta | CommentPost a Comment | |
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Tuesday
Dec222009

Understanding Objectives of Players in Collaboration Networks

Date22 December 2009

We identify at least four players or stakeholders in collaborations networks: Enterprise, Customer (current and prospective), Employee and Partner. Each player operates in the collaboration network with own objectives, motives and expectations, which are often asymmetric.

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AuthorLokesh Datta | CommentPost a Comment | |
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Monday
Dec212009

Comparing Collaboration and Social Networks

Date21 December 2009

The objectives and intensity of collaboration networks and social networks are almost entirely different. This key distinction leads to the manner and means of networking that that are indeed different. Sure enough, there is some overlap between the two types of networks but this is neither an imposing nor a driving fact.

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AuthorLokesh Datta | Comment1 Comment | |
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