The Über-Connected Organization: A Mandate for 2010 - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review

The Über-Connected Organization: A Mandate for 2010 - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review

Recent research provides evidence that there are business benefits to becoming an über-connected organization:

• Access to social media improves productivity.
• Millennials will seek jobs that encourage the use of social media.
• Companies that provide access to social media create a more engaged workforce.

Companies who want to attract and recruit the best talent will realize becoming über-connected will be a business imperative. The journey starts with asking yourself three questions:

1. What business benefits are you trying to solve?
2. Who needs to be involved in the coalition to become über-connected?
3. What type of change management plan needs to be put into place?