Enterprise 2.0 at NESTA

On Friday we took another step toward Enterprise 2.0 with the launch of our new structured wiki Intranet. I think the structured wiki approach is a great way of introducing organisations to the concepts of the social web - in theory, providing the best of both worlds: the empowerment and collaborative elements of wikis, with the order and familiarity of traditional content-managed systems. In my mind, this caters for both types of users: the freeform searchers & the more traditional navigators. It reduces the fear of chaos, while still providing a great deal of the flexibility and tools common in other 'social web' environments. We're yet to prove the theory, but I do think the product we've chosen (ThoughtFarmer) has a lot of potential to bring real positive change to our ways of working. Even if we only reduce the overuse of email, it'll be a great start.