What’s social learning ? The word comes more and more often in lots of conversations, everyone understands what’s behind and yet everyone has his own definition. That’s the reason the idea formed at Ecollab to ask some experts what was their vision and to gather all these views into a whitepaper. And for once I [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Human resources'
Thoughts on social learning
October 29th, 2009 · View Comments · Human resources, Social Networking, social computing
To build strong online social networks, better focus on your offline networks
October 29th, 2009 · View Comments · Communities, Human resources, Social Networking
Businesses begin to be more and more aware of social networks’ benefits. I’m, of course, talking about online social networks, a topic that’s been hot for several months. Talking about social networks for businesses often makes me think about two things :
- since the network logic has been know and used by many professionals and [...]
Tags: community·membership·sense·sensemaking·social networks
Which future for middle managers ?
October 1st, 2009 · View Comments · Human resources, Organization & Management, enterprise 2.0, social computing
Among the subjects that are classified “sensitive” by many companies, middle management is not one of the least. It’s easy to understand that the latter will be widely impacted by the emergence of networked ,”unintermediarized” organizations, what brings legitimate fears. Companies fear the consequences of mid-managers fears and reaction and want to preserve the internal [...]
Tags: change·culture·enterprise 2.0·Human resources·management·middle-management·social media·social-software
People Centric Organizations ? Not that sure…
September 24th, 2009 · View Comments · Human resources, Organization & Management, Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, social computing
One of the most common thing we can hear about enterprise 2.0 is that “it’s about people”. Even if it delivers a meaningful meassage, it brings more questions than it solves, leaving enterprises into doubt, if not in fear. I’m not even sure that everybody agree on what it means at the end. “It’s about [...]
Tags: engagement·enterprise 2.0·Human resources·information capital·management·motivation·people centrism·personal branding·process·sense·social capital·social media·ugc·unions
Personal branding is not about self promotion but collective intelligence
September 17th, 2009 · View Comments · HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, Social Networking
It’s incredible to see how the subject became fashionable in a few months (anyway in France) and how many experts suddenly emerged on the subjec. As Vincent Berthelot [fr] I was rather taken aback about what it was all about but, at the end, I came to a quick conclusion:
- if everyone is transparent and [...]
Tags: collective-intelligence·personal branding·problem solving·pull·push·recruitment·self marketing·talent
Stop saying nonsenses about Facebook and productivity
September 3rd, 2009 · View Comments · Human resources, IT, Organization & Management, Social Networking
One day we can read that using Facebook at work increases productivity by 9%. The day after we ear that it decreases by 1,5%. Depending on people’s interest, sometimes a liberal attitude is promoted, sometimes a total ban, sometimes an internal placebo made of home-mades facebook-likes intranet. This is only my own opinion but I’d [...]
Tags: facebook·Human resources·management·productivity·social networks·time·time management
Recruitment process socialization
August 13th, 2009 · View Comments · HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, Social Networking, recruitment, social computing
New concrete example of socialization : the recruitment process. Here again, we’ll see that it’s possible to do things without Copernican Revolution or harming anyone.
The situation
Enterprises have to hire people. Even if the market is sometimes hard for applicants, no company can work without people. The need is clear : hiring people who fit both [...]
Tags: endorsement·Human resources·recruitment·social networks·socialization
Generation Y and Boomers : Together They Can
July 30th, 2009 · View Comments · Human resources, Organization & Management
One more article that adds to the already imposing amount of Gen-Y related things. I (finally) recently came across something really worth on the subject in the latest issue of the HBR, an analysis relying on a survey conducted across 50 multinational companies and that confirms what we’ve been seing on the ground, even if [...]
Tags: baby boomers·generation x·generation y·Human resources·intergenerational mentoring·management·mentoring·middle-management
A 15 yo consultant wrote a white paper about teenagers. And so what ?
July 23rd, 2009 · View Comments · Human resources, social computing, society
The case made much noise last week. A 15 years old consultant at Morgan Stanley produced a white paper on how young people of his generation uses medias. And all the world to swoon over the document, to such an extent it was propelled on the front page of the Financial Times website. I hastened [...]
Tags: human reources·marketing·medias·morgan stanley·social media·teenagers·usages
Telecommutig and virtual teams : going too far can harm your organization
July 2nd, 2009 · View Comments · Collaborative practices, Human resources, IT, Organization & Management, social computing
Applying good ideas is like nervous tension and cholesterol : too few is dangerous, too much can be harmful. The example of telecommuting and its consequence, virtual teams, is very meaninful.
Telecommuting is, at least partly, the answer to many harms. First, the need for being able to work anywhere (and not only from one’s home). [...]
Tags: collaboration·green IT·Human resources·management·telecommuting·virtual teams
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