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Work Life Web 2011August 2011
The 2011 WorkLifeWeb research shows that, while the new social Web is a potential tool for corporate success, there are social media growing pains in evidence among both frontline workers and their managers. Successful use ofWeb 2.0 is still seen as critical to future success by both groups, and there is ongoing investment in this area. Technology adoption is, however, being hampered by security concerns, with high-profile data loss incidents generating scepticism about new collaboration technologies. These concerns have caused increased levels of blocking and monitoring of employees online activity, reducing levels of trust in employees to use the Internet responsibly. |
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Security Awareness ResearchNovember 2010
This report follows on from the hugely successful series of reports published in April 2010 examining corporate attitudes towards Web 2.0 technologies, and the use of such tools in the workplace. The results of the original research illustrated a significant mind shift amongst businesses, making it clear that businesses now accept that Web 2.0 and other collaborative technologies are critical to the future success of their company. |
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How progressive companies are using social technologiesJune 2010
Social networks and collaborative technologies are now commonplace in many workplaces. Having first been used on the quiet by highly-networked employees, in increasing numbers they are now being proactively used by businesses keen to connect more effectively with their internal and external audiences. Web collaboration is now viewed as critical to company success and as having multiple benefits and applications to the business. |
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Blurring boundaries: the disappearing gap between work and home lifeMay 2010
Call it multi-tasking, life-splicing or bleisure but increasingly, fuelled by advances in technology, employees are blurring the boundaries between home and work. Generation Standby employees, never truly switched off and always ready to be called upon, are now enjoying, and expecting, greater levels of flexibility and mobility than ever before. At the same time, Web 2.0 tools are entering the workplace, providing untold benefits but also further eroding the distinction between social and working life: 47% of employees believe that web collaboration and social media are changing the way that people in businesses work. |
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Web 2.0 in the Workplace TodayApril 2010
More than a decade after the term Web 2.0 was coined, many businesses are still nowhere near to taking full advantage of the collaborative technologies the term refers to. Undoubtedly, confidence is growing in relation to using tools such as Facebook, Skype, Twitter, and indeed many more organisations are using such technology now compared to even just a couple of years ago. But the fact remains that a worrying amount of businesses seem to be operating a lock down approach – an approach that I'm sure many Board-level staff know is simply not good for business in the long-term. |