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Enterprise Social Collaboration: Is anyone using it?

By Dick Weisinger

Enterprise users say that they’re using enterprise social collaboration software, but when asked specifically about which software tool they’re using, they mention Facebook and Twitter rather than software tools that were designed specifically for social enterprise users.  That result must

Open Source: Does a Collaborative Process for Developing Ideas Imply Innovation?

By Dick Weisinger

A goal of Open Source is that the model allows alliances to be built among randomly distributed remote developers.   The theory goes that the collective ingenuity of many remote contributors can focus together on improving and creating a much

Social Media: Despite Widespread Use, Social Tools Have a Vast Amount of Untapped Potential

By Dick Weisinger

Over the last fifteen years, on-line social networking has grown from virtually zero to now more than 1.5 billion people worldwide.  Roughly 80 percent of all on-line users are also users of social networks.  McKinsey estimates that 70 percent of

Social Media: Users Weary of Social Media, Drop out from Burnout

By Dick Weisinger

It comes as no surprise, but by far the most active users of Social Media are aged 18-29.  A survey by Pew found that 86 percent of people in that age group actively use Social Media.  The report found that

Social Collaboration: Businesses Become More Social

By Dick Weisinger

Social software tools are increasingly being used for internal collaboration and communication in businesses. Rob Howard, Telligent Founder and CTO , said that “Social is the new normal – people expect social capabilities [on the job] to help them collaborate with