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By: Can you find the people you need? :: Blog :: Headshift

Can you find the people you need? :: Blog :: Headshift — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:50:23 +0000

[...] People (and their blog posts) can be tagged – eg “Chinese” to show up in relevant search results An internal directory, which can be potentially pre-populated from existing data sources, could be a great way to start deploying social software within your organisation. This post also appears on my personal blog. [...]

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How to find the people you need | Jon Mell - Web 2.0 ideas and strategy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:03:57 +0000

[...] 2.0 / next generation intranet / social business software solution. My previous post on how finding people rather than documents can be highly beneficial in terms of productivity, using information rather than looking for it, [...]

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Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:40:54 +0000

[...] chart in terms of employee involvement. Perhaps one of the best use cases for social networks is finding colleagues with the knowledge or interest in projects you’re working on. This requires large-scale [...]

By: Jon Mell

Jon Mell — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:00:35 +0000

Good point Dennis – I try to phrase things in terms of “What’s in it for them” – there is more obvious value in being able to find people than being found – although I agree with you in that it can be higher beneficial for one’s career if they can be found and show the value of their expertise.

By: Dennis McDonald

Dennis McDonald — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:12:34 +0000

Wouldn’t it have been better to call this “Can the people who need you find you?”

By: Samuel

Samuel — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:47:53 +0000

Nice post! The company I work for has a people directory, but we extended it with expertise network tooling, which is now being commercialized as spin-off, called guruscan (www.guruscan.nl). Works really well!

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By: Alan Lepofsky

Alan Lepofsky — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:28:34 +0000

Great post Jon. IBM’s Bluepages (now Lotus Connections Profiles) is an excellent tool. At Socialtext we strongly agree about the importance of people as a key component in collaboration. That is why we’ve made sure Socialtext People (http://www.socialtext.com/products/socialnetworking.php) is integrated through the Socialtext platform.

By: Emanuele Quintarelli

Emanuele Quintarelli — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:12:31 +0000

Hi Jon,
as you know and quoting Larry Hawes, we’re seeing plenty of value into social network analysis both as a standalone activity and as a starting point for further enterprise 2.0 initiatives. While most of the benefits you cited can be achieved also through social networking on a personal level, what you often miss is the bigger picture at the organizational and intraorganizational level.

Effectively discovering emerging topics, shared expertises, experiences and experts can really make the difference on the bottom line and social media (other then email) make up another enormous and valuable archive of information that can be analized and measured in order to optimize your organization, spread innovation or fuel change management.

By: Jon Mell

Jon Mell — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:59:55 +0000

Thanks for the comments guys.

@Brendan – I’m also surprised by how few organisations don’t have a searchable directory already. Guess I was spoiled!