lecture adoption of new media 2012
DESCRIPTION
Slides with my guest lecture for Twente University (March 6, 2012)TRANSCRIPT
Adoption of New Media
in organizations
Dr.ir. Robert Slagter
About me…
• The case: Introducing a wiki for knowledge sharing
• The setting and issue
• Our approach
• Models: Gartner hypecycle and Rogers
• Bottom-up strategy
• Top-down strategy
• Main learnings
Outline
Case: a wiki for
knowledge sharing
Wiki’s in plain English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY
Context: a central knowledge group in a bank
My assignment
Issue:
• Our knowledge centre
needs to add more
value
• Other groups don’t
use their services
Assigment:
• Help them introduce
a wiki to share
knowledge
First observations
Unless a person from the group came
My first intervention
As a result
The morale
3 levels to achieve change
STRATEGY Create vision
TACTICAL Create process
OPERATION Do the work
Our approach
to the more technical side
How to get this team
to start using wiki’s
for knowledge sharing?
Step 1: Identify a suitable first user group
Step 2: Identify and analyse key people
Step 3: Experiment with the tool
Step 4: Turn key people into “evangelists”
Step 5: Turn "evangelists" into trainers
Steps we took
Step 1: Identify a suitable first user group
Step 2: Identify and analyse key people
Determine “what’s in it for them?”
Step 3: Experiment with the tool
Help them use the tool
Stimulate unexpected use
Gartner hype cycle
Gartner hype cycle
Technology
trigger
Peak of inflated
expectations
Trough of
disillusionment
Slope of
enlightenment
Plateau of
productivity
Gartner hype cycle
Technology
trigger
Peak of inflated
expectations
Trough of
disillusionment
Slope of
enlightenment
Plateau of
productivity Microblogging
Surface
computers Virtual worlds
Tablet
computer
Model of Rogers
Innovators Early
adopters
Early
majority Late
majority Laggards
Linking Rogers and Gartner
Technology
trigger
Peak of inflated
expectations
Trough of
disillusionment
Slope of
enlightenment
Plateau of
productivity
Innovators Early
adopters
Early
majority Late
majority Laggards
Model of Rogers
Innovators Early
adopters
Early
majority Late
majority Laggards
Chasm
A B NEW Z
Overcoming the chasm: support to change processes
A B Z
Step 4: Turn key people into “evangelists”
Form an active, passionate core team
Levels of participation
Passers-by
Read-only members
Active participants
Core members
Outsiders
Collect success stories
Step 5: Turn "evangelists" into trainers
Step 1: Identify a suitable first user group
Step 2: Identify and analyse key people
Step 3: Experiment with the tool
Step 4: Turn key people into “evangelists”
Step 5: Turn "evangelists" into trainers
Steps we took
5 main learnings
#1: Start with “WHY?”
WHY
HOW
WHAT
#2: Focus on personal motivation – not groups
#3: Create management buy-in
#4: See how the new tool fits existing routines
#5: Let people share success stories & measure use
Contact us
www.gridd.nl