Looking to spur wiki adoption? Want to grow from 10 users to 100, or 1000? Applying patterns that help coordinate people's efforts and guide the growth of content, and recognizing anti-patterns that might hinder growth - can give your wiki the greatest chance of success.
Future Changes is Stewart Mader. He wrote the book on wiki adoption, and he has led or advised enterprise-wide wiki deployments in Fortune 500 companies, universities, nonprofits, small and medium size companies.
"Smart Wikis™ combine Artificial Intelligence and knowledge concepts with your existing IT to provide integrated collaborative working environments that anticipate each user's personal information needs and surround that user with seamless and non-obtrusive forms of assistance."
The company as a wiki. US Company Best Buy embraces WEB 2.0 including prediction markets. Best Buy's CEO talking about prediction markets at zeitgeist '08 (starting at 9:50)
A recent
MIT study found that in one organization the employees with the most extensive
personal digital networks were 7% more productive than their colleagues –
so Wikis and Web 2.0 tools may indeed improve productivity. In the
same organization, however, the employees with the most cohesive
face-to-face networks were 30% more productive.
A recent MIT study found that in one organization the employees with the most extensive personal digital networks were 7% more productive than their colleagues - so Wikis and Web 2.0 tools may indeed improve productivity. In the same organization, however, the employees with the most cohesive face-to-face networks were 30% more productive.