Comments on: Harnessing the Power of Social Media to Expand the Reach of BI http://www.panorama.com/blog/2009/06/harnessing-the-power-of-social-media-to-expand-the-reach-of-bi/ Making businesses better - not just better informed Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:51:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Vinod Poduval http://www.panorama.com/blog/2009/06/harnessing-the-power-of-social-media-to-expand-the-reach-of-bi/comment-page-1/#comment-4873 Vinod Poduval Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:59:30 +0000 http://www.panorama.com/blog/?p=194#comment-4873 I agree with Tony completely. What we need in organizations is a desire to question and master complexity in every employee. If organizations can use their BI tools to encourage their employees to do that it will be the true information revolution that they can bring in I agree with Tony completely. What we need in organizations is a desire to question and master complexity in every employee. If organizations can use their BI tools to encourage their employees to do that it will be the true information revolution that they can bring in

]]> By: Tony harper http://www.panorama.com/blog/2009/06/harnessing-the-power-of-social-media-to-expand-the-reach-of-bi/comment-page-1/#comment-4862 Tony harper Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:37:50 +0000 http://www.panorama.com/blog/?p=194#comment-4862 I believe that Twitter and the ilk are a potentially very dangerous tool in the workplace, as they allow broadcast without context. There are already communication issues with email being taken out of context restricting the message further in Twitter can only increase this risk. I too see google wave as a paradigm shift rather than Twitter but, We have to face the fact that often business is complex and expecting a tool or delivery medium to simplify this for us is not going to happen. We need to have cultural change that encourages questioning and a desire to master complexity not a desire to pass responibility for comprehension to a tool or communication method. I believe that Twitter and the ilk are a potentially very dangerous tool in the workplace, as they allow broadcast without context. There are already communication issues with email being taken out of context restricting the message further in Twitter can only increase this risk. I too see google wave as a paradigm shift rather than Twitter but, We have to face the fact that often business is complex and expecting a tool or delivery medium to simplify this for us is not going to happen. We need to have cultural change that encourages questioning and a desire to master complexity not a desire to pass responibility for comprehension to a tool or communication method.

]]> By: Christo Olivier http://www.panorama.com/blog/2009/06/harnessing-the-power-of-social-media-to-expand-the-reach-of-bi/comment-page-1/#comment-4846 Christo Olivier Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:19:08 +0000 http://www.panorama.com/blog/?p=194#comment-4846 I agree completely with Adam I think that social media like twitter only delivers half of what is needed. Google Wave has definitely got much more potential to take BI to the masses via collaborative intelligence. It would be great to see some tools that take advantage of the Google Wave protocol to distribute the insights driven from an organizations BI strategy. One big question remains, would a company be willing to broadcast their sensitive information via a Wave? I agree completely with Adam

I think that social media like twitter only delivers half of what is needed. Google Wave has definitely got much more potential to take BI to the masses via collaborative intelligence.

It would be great to see some tools that take advantage of the Google Wave protocol to distribute the insights driven from an organizations BI strategy.

One big question remains, would a company be willing to broadcast their sensitive information via a Wave?

]]> By: Adam Worobec http://www.panorama.com/blog/2009/06/harnessing-the-power-of-social-media-to-expand-the-reach-of-bi/comment-page-1/#comment-4680 Adam Worobec Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:16:08 +0000 http://www.panorama.com/blog/?p=194#comment-4680 I agree with you that traditional BI tools won't cut it for everyone. Being successful means understanding the end-user and how they need their BI delivered. However, current social media like Twitter or Yammer seems to have too short a life span to become true a business intelligence tool. By itself it is somewhat limited but combined with other social and collaboration tools I am sure it will evolve into something that works very well. I say that because simply blasting a tweet to the organization about a snippet of insight we have gained is not as powerful as being able to start a dialog and collaborate on that insight. If I just completed some analysis and noticed the start of a trend in our sales revenue I need to be able to do more than just get the word out. I need to be starting a “thread” where we can keep an eye on this trend and continue to monitor it. This way, if in fact continues to have a positive impact on our revenue, we can refer back to the analysis I did, remind ourselves of the root cause and work it into our operational plan. A tool like Google Wave (http://wave.google.com/) seems like it has the potential to offer us this level of collaborative intelligence. Mostly because it combines so many facets of social and electronic media into one platform. I agree with you that traditional BI tools won’t cut it for everyone. Being successful means understanding the end-user and how they need their BI delivered.

However, current social media like Twitter or Yammer seems to have too short a life span to become true a business intelligence tool. By itself it is somewhat limited but combined with other social and collaboration tools I am sure it will evolve into something that works very well.

I say that because simply blasting a tweet to the organization about a snippet of insight we have gained is not as powerful as being able to start a dialog and collaborate on that insight. If I just completed some analysis and noticed the start of a trend in our sales revenue I need to be able to do more than just get the word out. I need to be starting a “thread” where we can keep an eye on this trend and continue to monitor it. This way, if in fact continues to have a positive impact on our revenue, we can refer back to the analysis I did, remind ourselves of the root cause and work it into our operational plan.

A tool like Google Wave (http://wave.google.com/) seems like it has the potential to offer us this level of collaborative intelligence. Mostly because it combines so many facets of social and electronic media into one platform.

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