At an education conference in 2003, Amy Soller and Alan Lesgold talked about using computational approaches for analyzing online knowledge sharing interaction between students. prime motivator for the underlying research was to attempt to equalize the learning behaviors of virtual learners with face-to-face learners. I heard what you said."). MORE >>

Sue wrote last month about intranets based on SharePoint that "don't look like SharePoint" : " I'm spending this weekend hunkered down with the 433-page Intranet Design Annual 2011 from Nielsen Norman Group featuring what they consider this year's 10 best intranets. My Comments. In some ways, this is a really weird sentiment. Intranets SharePoint MORE >>

Carol comments on a recent MIT study that found that 80% of breakthrough innovations didn't occur in training sessions or formal meetings. The breakthroughs came through informal / chance encounters: " In other words, innovation is less a product of structured processes and more a result of informal conversations. It may be simpler than we thought. MORE >>

Rajesh says that smart people are reluctant to share because their expertise has become "obvious" to them and background thinking , hence they don't realize that others could benefit from it. Gia shares another perspective in her May 2008 blog post, Why is it so hard to get smart people to share? She says the problem is a lack of relationship. MORE >>

In the second-to-last session for the day at Intranets2011 , Melissa Hendry from REA Group talked about their social intranet journey. Key points: - Two years ago, the new CEO introduced a new strategy: out-innovate and out-execute competitors. This needed they had to break down some walls. They use Jive Software. Then the business voted again. -. MORE >>