The power of wiki collaboration can be summed up in this Wikinomics graphics, originally created by Chris Rasmussen at US National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. For large enterprises caught in the mire of email and multiple copies of documents a wiki can be a godsend.
So why is it so difficult change behaviour. Take out wiki and replace with SharePoint and you still have will the tendancy to use email and separate documents.
Collaboration - Email vs. Wiki
From : Wikinomics Blog
The recent snowfall in Vancouver brought out the best in us. My son and others in our neighbourhood help our RCMP when they got stuck on our street.
The war and terror has been ongoing in Africa for many years. Something must be done now. One of the horrible areas is the Democratic Republic of Congo.
FYI: This area is very close to the children’s villages being built and run by Watoto.ca. Our daughter Tanya is working for the Watoto Canadian office and is responsible for coordinating volunteer trips to Uganda.
Refugee camp in DRC
Child who grew up in refugee camp
Child soldiers
Condition: Critical
DRC and Uganda
This short video below highlights the plight of the people caught in this horrible situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Condition Critical is a short film that brings us the voices of those who are living there every day. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) – Doctors without Borders has been working in the DRC since 1992.
Source: Condition Critical
The website with more information and updates is http://www.condition-critical.org/
Looking for the edge in today’s economy? Trying to increase employee engagement? Don’t forget your employees.
In this interview Tom Peters and Seth Godin tell us if you have loyal employees the loyal customers will come.
There are more interview excerpts on the site “Inside the Entrepreneurial Mind”.
Check out New Perspectives on Business. Also take a look at the other sections: “The Business of Technology”, “How the Biz does Business”, “The Business of Food” and “Richard Branson”.
The site is Open Forum, sponsored by American Express.