Get Started for FREE
Sign up with Facebook Sign up with X
I don't have a Facebook or a X account
 Your new post is loading...
Your new post is loading...
Scoop.it!
Explore the power of teamwork with this cross-industry study on collaboration and innovation in the workplace. 
No comment yet.
Sign up to comment
Scoop.it!
Andrew Gerkens's insight:
A really useful post, but I do disagree with the piece on measurement (point 24), which focuses on how busy the community is (activity measures), instead of how successful (impact measures). Success is linked to achievement of business outcomes or community objectives.
Scoop.it!
Ever started working on a project only to find out that someone else in your organization is working on the same project? I hate it when that happens!
Andrew Gerkens's insight:
A great overview of WOL, including ideas and resources for getting started
Scoop.it!
“When people leverage collaboration platforms to contribute and to build relationships, that appeals to their intrinsic motivators of autonomy, maste
Andrew Gerkens's insight:
A deep dive into benefits and considerations for working out loud
Scoop.it!
In September 2014 we decided to get strategic with social learning in Coca-Cola Amatil's Supply Chain and establish a Community of Practice for our Maintenance and Engineering team members across Australia and New Zealand. Helen Blunden of Activate Learning was engaged to help with this initiative. Helen and I are Working Out Loud about the development of this…
Andrew Gerkens's insight:
A fantastic and in depth case study by Michelle Ockers and Helen Blunden (activatelearning.com.au), detailing the background, development, implementation and impact of the Work, Connect, Learn program. The solution was aimed at equipping workers to better utilise current tools, systems and resources (including people/networks) available in the organisation to build and share knowledge, and solve problems together at the speed of business.
Scoop.it!
When it comes to the future of work and collaboration I've worked with and researched hundreds of companies. Collaboration is indeed a top priority for many business leaders but knowing what makes organizations successful can be a tricky thing. After all no two companies are like and their strategies and [...]
Andrew Gerkens's insight:
A great summary of key points from Jacob Morgan's book 'The Collaborative Organization' - an incredibly informative and practical guide to enabling and supporting organisations to build and share knowledge at the speed of business, with the support of collaboration tools (ESN and social platforms). Jacob Morgan puts it nicely when he says, 'Social is what you have when you remove the business value from collaboration'. Collaboration tools need purpose - to give workers a reason to use (and make sense of) them, to measure impact and to support implementation. Going social for the sake of it is not an effective approach. Organisation wide roll outs are also difficult. Instead consider working with small teams/groups who have a clear need (a problem that can be solved with the support of collaboration tools/approaches). This will be much more successful, whilst supporting longer term behaviour change (the adoption of new ways of working (out loud).
Scoop.it!
The growing trend of supporting the activities and strategic objectives of a business through digital communities continued to mature and gain refinements this year. Better integration across the board and real measures of ROI are a hallmark.
Scoop.it!
By the 1930s, cinema was America's eight largest industry, so when the country entered the war after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hollywood quickly mobilised to support the war effort. Many of us will be familiar with the films and cartoons that were used to keep up the spirits of the troops and support the home front, but the work of American film studios went far beyond morale and propaganda.A major focus for Hollywood was the use of film to speed up the training cycle, preparing troops for the front line in the shortest possible time. Training films supported consistency and allowed knowled
Andrew Gerkens's insight:
I watched this documentary about how Hollywood supported the second world war effort. Much of the work Hollywood did was about responding to the challenges of building capability and sharing knowledge at speed. It really got me thinking about how we can respond to those same challenges today, so I wrote this piece, which I shard via LinkedIn.
Scoop.it!
Andrew Gerkens's insight:
The role of leaders in enabling workplace collaboration - leading by example (obvious!), but it highlights the fact that collaboration tools need business purpose. Going social for the sake of it is destined to fail. This also reinforces why a staged/staggered roll out, starting with small groups who have a defined need, are open to changing the way they work and have leadership support is more likely to be successful than a mass roll out across the organisation.
Scoop.it!
In my framework of Modern Workplace Learning (see diagram on right) I use the term social collaboration to label an important new element of work of the modern-day L&D department. I deliberate...
Andrew Gerkens's insight:
So important to recognise that learning is part of working. Rather than talking about social (as an extension) of formal development, collaboration focuses on people sharing ideas, solving problems and creating solutions together - it is about building and sharing knowledge at the speed of business. Jacob Morgan puts it nicely when he says, 'Social is what you have when you remove the business value from collaboration'.
|
Scoop.it!
Andrew Gerkens's insight:
Clark shares some key considerations for working out loud (WOL), otherwise known as showing, narrating or sharing your work. Considerations include internal vs. external sharing, the fundamental need for trust and a safe environemnt, along with a focus on the benefits, with an understanding of the risks
Scoop.it!
Andrew Gerkens's insight:
I wrote this piece to capture and share a range of resources and links people provided as a result of a request via Twitter and LinkedIn for resources that would assist in positioning Yammer with leaders.
Scoop.it!
Andrew Gerkens's insight:
Some good tips on getting people engaged with WOL
Scoop.it!
Andrew Gerkens's insight:
Definition of Working Out Loud and an exploration of the elements.
Scoop.it!
How “Working Out Loud” and using enterprise collaboration tools helps both the employee and the firm.
Andrew Gerkens's insight:
Interview with John Stepper about Working Out Loud - some great insights into how technology supports the approach to building and sharing knowledge in real time.
Scoop.it!
What is social collaboration and learning? How can organisations benefit from using these? How do you calculate ROI? We get the answers from James Tyer.
Andrew Gerkens's insight:
James explains in really simple terms what he is trying to achieve at Kellogs through collaboration tools and the approach he is taking to get people to work out loud, share and narrate their work
Scoop.it!
At the heart of a social platform is the need to engage in meaningful conversations with people you may know but often with people you don't know. It’s important to keep the above context in mind while launching any social initiative within the enterprise.A Deloitte report predicted that by the end of 2013 more than 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies will have partially or fully implemented an Enterprise Social Network (ESN). Given that we are in the middle of 2014, I am guessing this must have already happened.This blog is my attempt to reflect on the lessons learnt during our rollout
Scoop.it!
Providing a usable digital workplace today increasingly means giving access to a wider set of collaboration tools as part of an open adoption approach that's is more dynamic, user-centric, and strategic.
Scoop.it!
Andrew Gerkens's insight:
I refer to a linked article under the L&D Capability page. Jacob Morgan says, 'Social is what you have when you take the business value from Collaboration'. The value chain is a simple and effective way to map out and/or evaluate the value created through collaboration.
Scoop.it!
(Please note that I will provide this case study over a series of parts over time. The project took me 3 months and it had a lot of "moving parts" and stakeholders. This is the first part which co...
Andrew Gerkens's insight:
A rich and detailed case study that will drive lots of ideas on how to engage people in working out loud through the use technology
Scoop.it!
Contributors at work are worth six times more to the bottom line than their non-engaged or Compliant colleagues http://t.co/wmeMxhYdNd Via F. Thunus
Andrew Gerkens's insight:
Some good links to appreciative inquiry and the bottom line of collaboration
|
HR is seen as a poor exmple of internal and external collaboration