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Re: What should we call 'Intranet Social Media'?

Richard Hare — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:11:42 -0000

Having pushed internal blogs and social networking for the past five years, I've found many shortcomings in terminology.

Perhaps we need to educate people to better understand that by "social" we mean "interpersonal", not "non-business".

Business is a social activity after all...

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Re: Ten Reasons Why 'Enterprise RSS' Has Failed To Become Mainstream | SocialComputingMagazine.com

Richard Hare — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:48:35 -0000

At some point you have to stop focusing on the technology and give people tools which fit with how they work.

At British American Tobacco, instead of an IT-style RSS launch which overpromises on functionality irrelevant to 80% of users, we quietly placed a feed on the intranet homepage and linked it to the Twitter-style updates in our Facebook-style social networking tool/internal directory. At no point did we mention "feeds", "rss" or any other jargon which could potentially create barriers.

People are now becoming used to checking the feed to see their connections' status updates, what they've posted to community forums and written in their blogs. With a minor tweak, we can allow people to subscribe to news stories or any other syndicated content.

Re: Managing Yourself: What’s Your Personal Social Media Strategy? - Harvard Business Review

Richard Hare — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:14:17 -0000

Irony:

"Dickson... had no idea what YouTube was when his marketing director pitched the video idea. Now he is... a sought-after speaker on viral marketing..."

Does anyone know the marketing director's name?

Re: Get a free copy of the Enterprise 2.0 eBook

Richard Hare — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:42:48 -0000

Sounds like an interesting read, Niall - @richardhare

Re: The horrors of devolved publishing (Intranet diary)

Richard Hare — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:13:18 -0000

Thanks - currently discussing this with an HR manager who is not planning to replace a departing HR communications manager and expects all HR content owners to maintain their information to the same level. A big risk given the effort put into rewriting the content in the first place.

Re: Stupid clients and the stupid things they say | Creative Boom Magazine

Richard Hare — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:37:04 -0000

Dave Snowden wore a t-shirt at a conference a couple of weeks ago which read: “No one wants advice - only corroboration. ” ― John Steinbeck.

I often find that clients expect me to deliver their solution to a problem rather than using my expertise to help them better understand their problem. Jumping too quickly into solution mode can result in poor problem definition, incomplete analysis, lack of mutual understanding and completely missing important considerations.
Get the client to go back and explain the problem, but try to avoid talking about their solution. I find "five whys" a useful technique, while asking seemingly naive questions can help you avoid assuming too much.

Help your client to think through the problem in more detail from your perspective and they may spot a weakness in their solution or even something they've completely neglected. This will reassure them they were right to hire you.

Re: Foursquare for the Enterprise? Potential uses discussed.

Richard Hare — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:22:29 -0000

One of the first suggestions I had after implementing an internal social network back in 2008 was for something like TripIt. People travelling on business would see who planned to be at their destination around a future point in time, the increased visibility allowing them to change their travel plans if advantageous.

Sadly we weren't able to do this, but I still feel it offers more potential than mere check-ins, particularly if there's a travel authorisation system where the information already exists.

Re: Freebees - Cognitive Edge Network Blog

Richard Hare — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:08:48 -0000

I'd love a Gaping Void Cynefin artwork to hang on the wall - fits nicely in the cubicle grenade/conversation piece context Hugh talks about. He gave away some smaller prints at an event last summer and they were really high quality.

You really should sell some undated prints for this purpose too...

Re: The Government wants to teach all children how to code. Here's why it's a stupid idea

Richard Hare — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:06:19 -0000

Coding will never "have a vital application in everyday life" as long as there is only a world market for only five computers.

Re: Are Intranets Becoming Irrelevant?

Richard Hare — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 05:56:46 -0000

Have screwdrivers replaced hammers yet?

Re: 11 Things I Learned About Product Development from Spinal Tap

Richard Hare — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 09:29:56 -0000

"You should've seen the cover they wanted to do - it wasn't a glove, believe me!"

Re: Master Wizard Filter on the Democratic Debate | Scott Adams Blog

Richard Hare — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 02:30:37 -0000

New Yorker questioning whether "the media" got it wrong:

http://www.newyorker.com/ne...