Sharing Information

Creating an Information-Sharing Business Culture and support system
We're in the middle of the Information Age. Yet some employees jealously guard their resources and information in fear of unemployment or to gain promotions. Managers must fight this trend because it is a misuse of the company's most valuable resource its "Intellectual Property". Intellectual property is a core value of a business's worth. To be successful, businesses must create a culture within their organization that promotes the exchange of knowledge and ideas among individuals and departments.

Stuck in the Wrong Mode
Groups that make up individual departments within their organization such as marketing, engineering, or human resources. These departments act independently, without sharing information or ideas, whether strategic, tactical, or technological. As a result, the entire organization suffers. So how do you create a healthy information-sharing culture within your organization, one that will give your company a competitive edge?

By developing a better understanding of why information-sharing is so important to businesses today; of what causes internal information-sharing to shut down; and of how a systems approach is crucial to getting the information flowing again.

Information Is Exponential
One of the powerful truths about information is that it is exponential. In other words, if you have information and I have information, together our separate pieces of information can equal more than two. Think of it in terms of a jigsaw puzzle. One piece of the puzzle doesn't give you much of a clue as to what the puzzle is about. But when you put two pieces together, you begin to see the pattern emerge. That pattern then leads you to the next piece that needs to be added, and the next. The more pieces of the puzzle you put together, the more quickly you're able to envision the whole picture and know with even greater precision how each piece fits into the overall design.

Business information works exactly the same way. One piece is only a starting point. With each new element of information, you're able to see more clearly the emerging patterns and move more quickly and precisely to make wise--and profitable--business decisions. The free flow of information within your business can give your company a powerful competitive edge. But--and this is very important--your employees will only share their knowledge and ideas if you've created an internal culture that allows them to do so.

Empower your employees to build team workspaces without IT assistance that foster better communication, collaboration, and project management The results can be stunning: A free, open flow of information and ideas within your organization--and a new and exciting competitive edge.

Summary
To learn more about how Computer eCommerce can help your organization develop a more successful sharing strategy, contact us.