'Intranets always partly reflect their organisations’ cultures, and they mirror the companies they serve through content, processes, and contributions from employees. The winners and other leading entries in the annual  Intranet Innovation Awards  show that much can be done to help bring company values and culture to the fore. MORE >>

In the following excerpt from Chapter 3 of Living Networks ( available for download here ), I describe the approaches call center giant Convergys takes to try to align culture and process with its clients. Tags: Business relationships Collaboration These are difficult decisions to make, and even harder to implement well. MORE >>

For companies undergoing rapid growth, balancing the impacts of new hires with existing collaborative and cultural models can be a challenge. The business has a strong culture and a flat structure. How does 99designs plan to manage its expansion without compromising collaboration or culture? Collaboration. MORE >>

It looks like they are going to do a series on "the collaborative manager," and they have started out with Chapter 1 on the topic on how to encourage more collaboration in meetings. . As with many people who observe the idea of "collaboration," they complain that the term is somewhat meaningless on its own. Novel, huh? MORE >>

Changing behavior is shallow; it doesn’t necessarily equal a change in culture and will not necessarily result in real organizational change. And what I’ve found is that there is a huge yawning gap between changing behavior and changing culture. Still, I suspect it’s easier to do that than to change the culture. MORE >>