Why do you need a collaborative ecosystem for your organization?
There are four types of active conferencing technologies that enable greater collaboration: audio, web, video and interactive whiteboard. Your company is using some of them today, but the two key questions you need to answer are:
- Are we using the technologies effectively?
- Are we using the right mix to accelerate collaboration in our organization?
Most organizations do not have a formal collaborative ecosystem, but an informal collaborative ecosystem always exists in some form. As an organization strives to accelerate collaboration and work better together, both internally and externally, the need to take steps to formalize their collaborative ecosystems becomes more apparent and critical in nature.
Companies that have adopted smarter working practices have outperformed their industry peers
An April 2010 study by the IBM Institute for Business Value found that companies that outperform their industry peers are more than three times as likely to have adopted smarter working practices and are more than twice as focused on directly embedding collaborative processes to improve the speed and quality of their decisions.
The ROI from collaboration can be stunning and there are many examples. But the ROI you receive will depend on what you put into it.
The ET Group is focused on helping companies:
- Consulting on what active collaboration technologies are appropriate for their organization
- Determine where they are starting from
- Mapping out an active technology roadmap for their organization
- Implementing the technology
- Consulting to ensure adoption of the technologies throughout the organization
- Assist with the ongoing management of the technologies
