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March 01, 2007

How IT Makes Johnny More Productive

Link: How IT Makes Johnny More Productive.

Computerworld's Kathleen Melymuka cites a five year study funded by the National Science Foundation, Cisco, and Intel. In an interview with Melymuka, Marshall Van Alstyne, one of the study's authors, emphasizes the discovery that

“…one of biggest predictors of productivity is social networks … Social network analyses have indicators of where you are in the network — whether you’re central or peripheral."

Social network analysis lets you see any indivdual's "betweenness" and "reach."

Betweenness And Reach
Constrained vs. Unconstrained Constrained vs. Unconstrained

Illustration courtesy of Marshall Van Alstyne.

One of the great capabilities of software like Connectbeam is bringing easy social networking - like what users experience on public websites like FaceBook or MySpace - to the enterprise.

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