In addition to the human aspects, investing in technology is necessary. Most organizations now have a wide range of social tools and functionalities. However, the tools are often fragmented and not integrated. If you want to collaborate optimally, ideally you have one platform (whether or not by means of links) where all forms of content — from news to documents — are integrated with social features.
Crowdsourcing and collective intelligence ('wisdom of the crowds') are still in their infancy, accord brother cell phone list ing to the research report. And I find that strange: especially for crowdsourcing there are wonderful cases that demonstrate the business value of such concepts (read: what it saves or yields in money). From cost savings to ideas for new products and services.
Why is this not taking off? Some reasons:
There is no plan for what is done with the submitted ideas. Or there is no good communication about it. And why would you as an employee submit an idea? After all, nothing is done with it anyway.
Online crowdsourcing works when it is an integrated part of a project or program .
LivePerson's intranet encourages employees to submit ideas for innovation (source: Intranet Design Annual 2012, Nielsen Norman Group).
2012: the year of online collaboration?
The research shows that more than 50% of organizations plan to invest more in online collaboration. If we are to believe these plans, 2012 will hopefully not be the year in which developments around internal social media will stand still.