We’re finding out that what once was believed to be "Best Practices" in a company, may have simply been "Practices As Best As We Can – With What We Have to Work With."
Knowledge Sharing is becoming a key strategy in successful business circles…but some still ignore it in favor of the tired tried and soon-to-be-retired "What’s In It For Me" syndrome.
The WII-FM way is losing its signal, being replaced by WEB-XM channels or We Each Benefit Across Multiple channels. By combining different data points, perspectives, talents and disciplines – we can build off of each others ideas and leverage what is created to benefit each participant.
This is already happening around the blogosphere. Communities of creative thinkers are building off each others ideas – some resulting in collaborative projects, others in new businesses.
In the book, The Wisdom Network by Steve Benton and Melissa Giovagnoli, there are steps outlined showing business leaders how to clear the hurdles and knock down barriers successfully so they can tap into the expertise around them.
Collaboration is a real buzz word these days. There are some that still want to know the WII-FM before moving ahead and sharing ideas. If they don’t get the WEB-XM signal, they’ll soon be listening to static.
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Find Your Social Media ROI
I hear it from a lot of business owners: “Where is the ROI with all this Social Media?“ If this is a question you ask yourself, maybe we should work together a bit more. We can work together solo, or via a professional learning community. Find and increase your ROI. There is a “there” there.
