While there has been some movement in the area of using blogs internally, I think that this could be a tremendous opportunity to keep lines of communication open and allow employees to sound off and add input to the company spontaneously.
There will be times when we have to call that dreaded meeting, but I think in any area of concern to the workforce, this is a fantastic tool to incorporate into your business or department.
Not only could you communcate current news and thoughts to the workers, but you can give them opportunity to respond back or even initiate some conversations across the workplace.
This can be great stuff to read through and find out where the heartbeat of the workers really are, and offer input that someone may be sitting on just waiting for the opportunity to share and get it out.
It's a place where ideas and thoughts can be triggered by others inputs and where you could respond and encourage what they're saying or ask for more direct communication for ideas that sound great or concerns that are floating around so much that they have to be answered.
Why wait until it's too late with some employees and their concerns or positive input, when you have a simple tool that offers possibilities of opening up things even more in the workplace?
We should all look seriously at incorporting blogs internally in our departments or busienesses. Are any of you out there doing this now? How is it working for you?
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I hope they at least allow people on the intranet to post anonymous comments! Anyway, if you go for something like an internal blog, you'll definately want to make sure a good RSS reader is supported by the IT group.
You need to get the information into peoples hands and it would be less painful to do it by RSS than internal email spam. Isn't it cool how the micro has the same issues as the macro?
Posted by: Grokodile | June 21, 2006 7:29 PM | Permalink to Comment