{"id":1688,"date":"2010-04-24T19:42:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T19:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/weekend-stuff-the-myth-of-enterprise-social-networking\/"},"modified":"2010-04-24T19:42:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-24T19:42:00","slug":"weekend-stuff-the-myth-of-enterprise-social-networking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/weekend-stuff-the-myth-of-enterprise-social-networking\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend stuff: The myth of “enterprise” social networking"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We’ve certainly had some <\/strong>juicy\u00a0discussion<\/strong><\/a> on here regarding\u00a0the virtues of social networking for\u00a0enterprises – especially those whose competitive differentiators are centered primarily on the intellectual capital and creativity of their employees.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Collaborate to Innovate? Don't be silly, let your firm do it for you…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Our latest study<\/a>\u00a0results already shows that specialist blogs are seriously becoming one of the most\u00a0helpful\u00a0sources\u00a0of information and advice for outsourcing executives (stay tuned for some stunning data on this trend shortly), which begs the question whether “enterprise” social networks really deliver value<\/em>, when they are only made available for\u00a0the internal\u00a0enterprise and its specific stakeholders.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Andy Milroy (see earlier contribution<\/a>), one of the leading analysts at\u00a0research firm Frost and Sullivan<\/a>, shares\u00a0his views with us:\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Myth of Enterprise Social Networking<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of the most attractive concepts I have ever come across is that of crowdsourcing.\u00a0 At no time in history have ordinary individuals possessed the tools that enable them to engage with such a huge variety of people and to tap such a vast amount of knowledge. Enabling ordinary people to create content and potentially share it with a global audience, using virtually no resources, truly is a massive step forward for mankind. Many of today\u2019s emerging business titans such as Facebook have used \u2018the crowd\u2019 to build their businesses and to build fortunes for their founders.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For knowledge based workers, the use of these tools can increase their productivity enormously and engender innovation at a more rapid rate than would be the case for smaller, selected, teams and individuals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a traditional corporate environment, knowledge workers predominantly access corporate resources alone. Admittedly, in certain environments such as academic institutions, knowledge sharing and collaboration beyond a single institution has been the norm for centuries. However, today, knowledge workers within corporations as well as within academia have access to infinitely more resources than ever before by using social networking tools.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The massive benefit offered by social networking tools is obvious in some corporate functions such as human resources, marketing and customer care. But, for other activities, the benefits are also huge. For example, a specialist\u00a0 such as an engineer can source best practices or solutions to challenges using social networking tools. These professionals can use these tools to ensure that they are fully aware of the latest developments in their profession and they can do this anywhere in the world. Clearly, these tools can offer huge benefits to professionals ranging from aerospace engineers to zoologists. In fact, those that do not use social networking tools will soon find themselves isolated from the rest of their profession and risk coming across as having a seriously outdated approach to work, a bit like refusing to use word processing software and preferring to write by hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Horses for Sources has used social networking to build a business and to engage with a large community of professionals that share an interest in outsourcing. There are no restrictions on who can read the blog or follow Horses on Twitter. Provided, external content does not offend Phil Fersht, it can be added to the blog. But, the main point is that it is open to anybody, anywhere, who wishes to engage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So what is enterprise social networking? Well, it is collaboration within the enterprise and with selected external stakeholders. To me, this is not social networking, given that if I use these tools, the people with whom I can interact and the content with which I can engage, are restricted<\/em> by the enterprise. Enterprise social networking tools are the next generation of collaboration tools that are designed to overcome the thorny issue of insufficient collaboration within most enterprises. Intranets were, and in many cases, still are used to engender greater collaboration within the enterprise.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Andy Milroy, Industry Director, Frost & Sullivan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In order to improve performance within many functions within their organisations, management must embrace open, public social networking tools such as Twitter, Linkedin and yes, Facebook.\u00a0 They should not seek to use enterprise social networking tools as more secure or manageable substitutes of the open, public tools. They have very different benefits. Instead, they should use enterprise social networking to help them to address that on-going challenge that they face, namely getting people, within different teams (or within the same team), to work together more closely.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Andy Milroy (pictured)\u00a0leads Frost and Sullivan’s Australasian ICT Practice.\u00a0 He has previously held senior analyst positions at both IDC, where he led\u00a0its European IT services research organization,\u00a0and at NelsonHall, where he started its US business.\u00a0 He can be followed on Twitter at twitter.com\/andy1994<\/a>.
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