Intranet 2.0: Transformative powers & barriers

Intranet
2.0 tools have become mainstream technologies and are transforming
employee communications, collaboration and organizational work and
knowledge management. According to the Intranet 2.0 Global Study
findings (more than 400 respondent organizations from across the globe), nearly
50% of the respondents have deployed some social media or intranet
2.0 tool. Among the adoption findings:

  • 46%
    of organizations have deployed wikis (16% with enterprise
    deployments)

  • 42%
    have deployed blogs (12% with enterprise deployments)

  • 48%
    use discussion forums (29% with enterprise deployments)


For
those old-school organizations that are on the outside looking in at
intranet 2.0, the biggest barrier is executive support. In other
words, another 40