Three keys to Successful Enterprise Social Network Implementation
Implementing a successful Enterprise Social Network is no simple thing. What we know from various surveys - Gartner, McKinsey - is that while 70 - 80% of enterprises have access to internal social networking systems - Yammer, Chatter, IBM Connections, Jive, Telligent, Tibbr - that 80% of them fail to meet their objectives. While the organisational environments cover the complete spectrum the reasons for failure are reasonably consistent and hence the converse of these reasons provide the fundamental clues to success. These clues point to Strategy, Leadership and Measurement. Read more...
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Enterprise Social Software (ESS) refers to a social networking layer on top of tradition collaborative tools, which enables content sharing, along with additional features such as document sharing, wikis, micro blogging, shared spaces and communities, amongst other business applications. These solutions provide enterprises with several advantages including increased transparency, better communication of business ideas and information, flexibility and performance along with simplified operations.