Social Training for Social Tools

4 months ago | Michael Idinopulos: Transparent Office

Socialtext product adoption is way, way up--over 300% YTD. There are many reasons for the phenomenal growth, but in this post I'll focus on one specific factor: our training approach. Some time ago, I had one of those forehead-smacking Ah-Hah...

In-the-Flow with American Hospital Association

8 months ago | Michael Idinopulos: Transparent Office

At last week's E2.0 conference in Boston, I was surprised and pleased by the way my "in-the-flow" phrase has gained common currency. I was also surprised, but less pleased, by some of the "best practices" I heard flying around. Whether...

Enterprise Social Software Adoption: Now Available in Prescription Strength!

8 months ago | Michael Idinopulos: Transparent Office

When companies ask me how to deliver enterprise social software adoption, my advice is simple: Go to your local drugstore. I'm not kidding. Walk into any drugstore in America and whether it's Walgreen's, Wal-Mart, Rite-Aid, CVS, or an independent, I...

Vision for the Social Enterprise

10 months ago | Michael Idinopulos: Transparent Office

When I talk with CIOs these days, there's one question that comes up again and again: How does it all fit together? How does Social play with my Intranet? How does Social play with my document management system? How does...

Collaborative Spaces: One or Many?

10 months ago | Michael Idinopulos: Transparent Office

A new Socialtext customer, a government organization, is in the process of launching Socialtext for collaboration within and across project teams implementing a major set of environmental initiatives. Today they asked me a fundamental question: "Should we create a separate...

Companies aren't communities

about 1 year ago | Michael Idinopulos: Transparent Office

Companies aren't communities. They aren't forums. Companies are companies. Of course company life has a community aspect, but a lot of social software folks seem to forget that there's a lot more to a company than community. They treat companies...

If a document falls in Sharepoint...

about 1 year ago | Michael Idinopulos: Transparent Office

If a document falls in Sharepoint, and nobody hears it...does it make a sound? That play on the old tree/forest cliche popped into my head this week while some Socialtext colleagues and I were meeting with senior IT staff of...

Veterans Day Blog at Hospira

over 1 year ago | Michael Idinopulos: Transparent Office

Usually I use this space to advocate use of social software "in the flow" of work. I write a lot about business processes, workflows, incentives, and IT integration. Today I want to talk about something completely different. Yesterday, medical devices...

The Grassroots Myth

over 1 year ago | Michael Idinopulos: Transparent Office

Call me crazy, but I'm going to attack another another social software orthodoxy: the Grassroots Myth. The Grassroots Myth is my name for the notion that the most effective way to bring a new social software platform into an enterprise...

Social Software Adoption: Why Good Companies do Bad Things

over 1 year ago | Michael Idinopulos: Transparent Office

Why do good companies do bad things to social software adoption? In my previous post, I listed 6 things that companies can do to stimulate adoption of enterpris e social software. This advice ain't exactly rocket science. Make it your...

How to Beat the Social Software Adoption Blues

over 1 year ago | Michael Idinopulos: Transparent Office

Does social software adoption have you singing the blues? If so, you're not alone. In the enterprise social software world, everyone's talking about adoption. There are breakouts on it at Enterprise 2.0. Lots of smart people are blogging about it....