Comments on: Where social media and innovation intersect

By: Ron Kost

Ron Kost — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:37:38 +0000

Jeffery, you've really done a nice job in pointing to why social media will become as ubiquitous as email is now to business, or Search is to marketing. With the right tools in place social media will help spur innovation. In today's business climate it is all about innovation through collaboration.

In point of fact, IBM has dedicated a part of their site toward Innovation and collaboration...IBM Centers for Solution Innovation
http://www-03.ibm.com/services/innovation/
On my site CIOZone.com (A ProSocial Network for CIOs) we have an article that places the spotlight on how Dominos and Pizza Hut have started to embrace social media as a marketing and pr tool...
http://www.ciozone.com/index.php/Social-Network...

I also believe the better the tool sets various communities are offered, the better the community will be at addressing specific topics. Social media allows business executives as well as consumers the opportunity to learn.
Nice thread, good comments.
Ron Kost
VP Sales
CIOZone / CFOZone (PSN Inc.)

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By: John Simpson

John Simpson — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:18:13 +0000

Nice article. The smartest person in the room is everyone. The most impactful trend in business will be this intersection of social networking and business processes – and there's none more important to companies than the innovation process – where we all know failure runs ramped. In strategy, leverage your collective genius to build great products and we all benefit – customers, partners, companies, economy, environment. But it's easier said than done. If you think you have a lot of data now, open up your process to all stakeholders and you'll really be swimming in it.

At this stage, there's a need for less talk and more action. There's no lack of vision for this, but the gap is in the practicality of how companies put this strategy into practice. That's what is exciting to see take shape over the next few years. there's little doubt the trend is real and it's happening fast. But, what's hype and what's real? To be determined.

By: Ron Kost

Ron Kost — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:07:05 +0000

Jeffery, you've really done a nice job in pointing to why social media will become as ubiquitous as email is now to business, or Search is to marketing. With the right tools in place social media will help spur innovation. In today's business climate it is all about innovation through collaboration. In point of fact, IBM has dedicated a part of their site toward Innovation and collaboration...IBM Centers for Solution Innovation http://www-03.ibm.com/services/innovation/ On my site CIOZone.com (A ProSocial Network for CIOs) we have an article that places the spotlight on how Dominos and Pizza Hut have started to embrace social media as a marketing and pr tool... http://www.ciozone.com/index.php/Social-Networkin... I also believe the better the tool sets various communities are offered, the better the community will be at addressing specific topics. Social media allows business executives as well as consumers the opportunity to learn. Nice thread, good comments. Ron Kost VP Sales CIOZone / CFOZone (PSN Inc.)

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Thoughts From the Girl Next Door » Blog Archive » links for 2009-08-31 — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:12:27 +0000

[...] SmartBlog On Social Media » Where social media and innovation intersect While it was once regarded primarily as a private activity, innovation has increasingly become a process that encourages participation by an organization’s employees, prospects, customers and partners. This system of external or open innovation creates a community that looks very much like a social network. In fact, open innovation communities are simply a specific example of social networking. (tags: innovation socialmedia socialnetworks tools f1mhackner) [...]

By: Kristin Antin

Kristin Antin — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:05:42 +0000

Great article! I am happy to add that the New Tactics in Human Rights project has been implementing this kind of strategy since September of 2007! Through our interactive website, we promote strategic thinking and tactical innovation among human rights practitioners around the world. We invite specific practitioners, with expertise in particular tactics, to participate in a peer-to-peer exchange focused on one tactic. This month, we are hosting an online dialogue on ‘using shadow reports for advocacy’ – http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/new-tactics/using-shadow-reports-advocacy. Each dialogue is 7 days long. They have been very successful in helping practitioners identify their tactics and strategies – and reflect on the effectiveness of their work!

Thanks!
Kristin
Online community Builder

By: Janelle

Janelle — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:33:59 +0000

Another great example of an open innovation community is powered by Brightidea for Adobe Acrobat. http://www.ideas.acrobat.com

By: Vickie Smith-Siculia

Vickie Smith-Siculia — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:48:16 +0000

Great post. I think my favorite line about how social media and innovation is this: Many brains, and many perspectives, are better than few brains from one perspective. The world is truly flat and sharing thoughts and ideas is how societies have evolved – how can we not further evolve online! Great stuff that is food for thought. Thanks