Internal Social Networking Easy and Complex in Equal Parts

@CarlHaggertyDevon County Council

First thing to note is…

…it’s all relative and all about perception – and that’s OK

ASSUMPTION #1:People want to network within and across their own organisations

ASSUMPTION #2:Your whole organisation has to be networked for it to be seen as successful

ASSUMPTION #3:Internal networking is different to external networking

ASSUMPTION #4:ICT / Information Security / HR colleagues are a barrier.

ASSUMPTION #5:Social media or a social intranet will magically force existing leadership to change or learn.

Hands up if….

“You have some kind of “social” feature inside your council –

somewhere, no matter how small – Now?”

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You could use this stuff…

To support you in…

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BUT….that isn’t really the answer.

Because we haven’t asked the right question.

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Complex stuff

You could do anything you do now using social software/technology.

But that doesn’t mean you should!

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Do you know what kind of culture and organisation your leaders are

trying to create?

Can you actually create that on your own?

Because no tool will help unless you know the answer to that

question.

FinallyTry it.

Solve it.Prove it.Scale it.

Who am I again….

- carl.haggerty@devon.gov.uk - @carlhaggerty - http://carlhaggerty.wordpress.com