Recently I met the CEO of Coworkers.com, one of a new generation of ‘social’ software for performance management, such as: getworksimple.com rypple.com small-improvements.com sonar6.com Examples like these are set to change the face of management software. Some are responding to the ‘gamification’ of work (as we have seen in recruiting). But software won’t do miracles. [...]

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Micro-blogging tools like Yammer are being used to reduce email overload, share knowledge and accelerate learning. Still sceptical? Here are 40 case studies and three benefits. Even more significant are feedback tools like Rypple. To find out more, log in to read McKinsey’s analysis

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Winners of the first M-Prize include Tongal, featured in a Ci case study last year, and Ross Smith who has also used the Ci Engaging ConversationsTM tool to help build trust and innovation in his team at Microsoft. To find out more, read: McKinsey Quarterly Our own entry for the M-Prize was a bottom-up approach [...]

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What will the workplace of the future be like? Often the predictions have been wildly off-course: Multiple careers, free agency and tele-working were predicted years ago and yet most of us still work in traditional jobs. In fact, job security is more popular than ever. But now, it seems to me, things are changing faster. [...]

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First we outsourced tasks to India. Then, enabled by technology, we crowd-sourced high-value work via pioneering agencies like Innocentive and Topcoder. Now HR strategies can include micro-work agencies like CrowdCloud, ways to engage the skills of the poor like TxtEagle and SAMA Source, and access to free talent through micro-volunteering agencies like The Extraordinaries. Who [...]

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