For the last decade I have examined and applied social network analysis in and across organizations, for example in large professional firms , technology purchase decision-making , high-performance personal networks , and other applications. Use social network analysis to uncover creative leadership. Collaboration Enterprise 2.0 MORE >>

While enterprise social networking has been covered extensively in the media and by IT analyst firms, one of the least discussed aspects of the topic has been the issue of design and the potential impact of design on employee adoption of such tools and applications.  e-mail, community site, social collaboration platform, etc.). MORE >>

Nancy White has a post called Communities, networks and what sits in between , which links to a video with herself and the effervescent Robin Good …I am intrigued by the sweet spot between networks and communities. Similar to the concept of Facebook and LinkedIn, it’s a social network with a groups feature. Related. MORE >>

I find it interesting that some of the smaller vendors playing in the community and social networking market are missing public-facing blogs. Sparta Social Networks. Ringside Networks. was updating my feed subscriptions this and remain surprised that certain vendors still don???t If any of these vendors has a blog that I???ve MORE >>

When I started writing my book Living Networks in early 2002 I thought that it was important to demonstrate that the concept of 'living networks' was not just a metaphor, but a reality: we, together with the networks that connect us, are literally a new life form. This is precisely why the networks are coming to life today. MORE >>