(TEL AVIV, Israel) Employees want to connect with each other, and more importantly, they want to connect with the company and senior management. A study by Towers Perrin found that employees overwhelmingly want to know “that leadership is interested in them.”


Social media on the corporate intranet (Intranet 2.0) presents a unique opportunity for all employees at all levels and geographies to better connect, and share information and knowledge they might not otherwise share or learn. In fact, distance – both geographical and intellectual – between these connections is often significant with little if any filtering from one side to the next; an information gap that is not easily bridged in larger, dispersed organizations. For example, the Towers Perrion study also found that:


  • 43% of employees do not feel they know enough about their own customers

  • 65% of employees do not feel they know enough about the competition to be fully effective

  • Only 39% of employees feel they are informed about the differences between their company’s products and the competition


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