Thus far we have looked at a few interesting topics around enterprise collaboration such as the unique benefits of emergent social software and the ROI of collaboration. But, where do organizations actually start if they want to seriously consider investing in these tools and strategies?
In a previous article we looked at the two key changes we are seeing today which are moving us towards using emergent social and collaborative software within the workplace (commonly described as Enterprise 2.0), these two changes were culture and technology. Today, we’re going to look at the financial benefits of using this type of software. Let’s start out by looking at piece of research from McKinsey, one of the world’s leading management consulting and strategy firms.
It’s a bit hard to imagine an organization in existence that isn’t collaborative. After all, employees talk to each other all the time in some capacity whether it’s via phone, email, or in person. Employees also talk to partners and customers on a regular basis. So the question of value around collaboration should be a bit obvious. In fact, perhaps the question should be, “how can we not collaborate?” Regens is a silver sponsor of the largest Cloud Computing Event will be held in London June 2011!