I recently received a copy of the Intranet Global Survey from Toby Ward, CEO of Prescient Digital Media. The headlight quote was encouraging, “Employees want to work for progressive and innovative organizations, and expect 2.0 environments from employers of choice.” The study included input from 561 organizations of all sizes from across the globe and the results reveal rapid adoption of social media on the corporate intranet in the past year.

 

The breakdown of specific types of social media on intranets include:

  • 47% have wikis (10% have no plans or interest)
  • 45% have blogs (11% have no plans or interest)
  • 46% have discussion forums (9% have no plans or interest)
  • 37% have RSS (12% have no plans or interest)
  • 23% have podcasts (30% have no plans or interest)
  • 9% have social networking (20% with no plans or interest)

 

I am not sure which is better the high numbers who have already adopted or the low numbers with no plans or interests. The study concluded that an organization without Intranet 2.0 tools, or plans to use them, risks being out-flanked by their competition.

 

Read Bill Ives' complete column from (New Study Finds Social Media Becoming Mainstream on Corporate Intranet)

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