Archive for July, 2008

Is Your Online Community Delivering Value For Your Organization?

» Posted by Jeanne Meister  » Posted on 07|30|o  » 2 Comments

As learning organizations experiment with leveraging Web 2.0 tools to create online communities of practice, many Chief Learning Officers, heads of human resources and talent management should take a lesson from Chief Marketing Officers who have created online communities for marketing purposes. Many of these online communities have failed, and sadly, produce fancy web sites […]

Does Your Intranet Operate Like Google?

» Posted by Jeanne Meister  » Posted on 07|20|o  » 0 Comments

The answer is most likely no, your Intranet is not nearly as easy to use as Google. But a growing number of companies are looking to their Intranet to do just that - operate in a social way so employees can share, collaborate and find information.
While I have written in past posts about the […]

Corporate Social Responsibility And Global Talent Development

» Posted by Jeanne Meister  » Posted on 07|09|o  » 2 Comments

While the heightened awareness of corporate social responsibility was originally borne out of business scandals and crisis, it is now here to stay as a business strategy. As Coca-Cola’s Chairman and CEO E. Neville Isdell said in the company 2006 Corporate Responsibility Review (opens PDF), “businesses must be a force for positive global change—one community […]