http://www.decision3d.com Connecting the Enterprise Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:43:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week I attended the HR Technology Conference in Chicago. For me it was a bit of nostalgia. Nine years ago I was the HR Information Systems Manager at GSK, so going to the conference was like a step back in time. It was great to see some people I ... http://www.decision3d.com/value/hr-systems-and-social-computing/ Effective immediately, Decision 3D is suspending operations.  Technically, Decision3D, LLC will continue to exist as a legal entity, but I will not be actively developing new business. What this means is that I am now in the market for a "regular" job. My target positions are: Consultant with a larger firm. Collaboration expert with ... http://www.decision3d.com/aboutd3d/hard-decisions/ I am happy to announce that on October 23rd I will be presenting at the Social Media Business Forum in Durham, NC. I will be co-presenting with Ryan Boyles, from IBM. Our topic is "Inside The Firewall: Lessons For Internal Communicators". If you are going to be in the area, ... http://www.decision3d.com/aboutd3d/social-media-business-forum/ I am beginning a project to investigate the connection between organizational culture and the effectiveness of implementing collaboration tools and social technology in an enterprise setting. I am actively in search of collaboration tool vendors that want to get a better understanding of how their customers' behavior, attitudes and culture ... http://www.decision3d.com/behavior/culture-and-the-effectiveness-of-social-technology-a-project/ Though I am sure many will argue this quote, I really like it, for it's provocative nature if nothing else: But through these social technologies HR has a tremendous opportunity to become more valuable than your PR department, your marketing team, and even your sales team by making a fundamental shift ... http://www.decision3d.com/value/hr-starting-to-see-the-value-in-social-computing/ In proximity to any organization, there are communities that have an interest in the operations and outcomes of that organization.  The members of these communities share, among other things, the circumstance of being impacted by decisions of the organization. An organizational community exists independently of formal organizational structures, and its ... http://www.decision3d.com/behavior/community-partnership-development/ Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) was the darling of the Enterprise 2.0 conference this summer. Their success story about the deployment and adoption of social technology seemed to have all the pundits and practioners buzzing with excitement. Of the several articles written about the BAH case, I found the one from ... http://www.decision3d.com/value/social-technology-adoption-case-study/ As people embrace social media in their private lives, they naturally expect to use similar tools within the enterprise. This is one of the findings of a research report conducted by Jakbo Nielsen of the Nieslen Norman Group. The report tracks 14 companies in 6 countries and addresses how social technology ... http://www.decision3d.com/value/research-study-of-social-technology-in-the-enterprise/ I wrote a post over a year ago on another blog that is even more relevant today than it was when I first wrote it. I have decided to repost it here because it goes to the root of Decision 3D's philosophy. Community, Hierachry: Cognitive Dissonance Posted on March 7, 2008 by Lee ... http://www.decision3d.com/behavior/internal-external-alignment/ Recruitment Employee Engagement Workforce Management Innovation Risk management Education Each of these are issues every organization faces. Decision 3D helps clients address these issues by extending the existing communication capability, of the organization, with social technology. The effective depolyment and integration of social technology enables employees to make better decisions and be more productive. http://www.decision3d.com/aboutd3d/rewire%e2%84%a0-your-organization-for-better-communication/