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IBM's Worldjam - How IBM Created a New Standard in Intracompany Communication

Published by: Basex

Published: Oct. 1, 2001 - 38 Pages

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Table of Contents


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

I.INTRODUCTION

A New Phenomenon

Definition

Why did IBM Jam?

Justifying an MPC

Variations of an MPC

II.PREPARING FOR WORLDJAM

Background

Objectives

Planning

III.WORLDJAM

Live

Forums

Initial Observations

Long-Term Resources

Tools Used

Technologies Used

IV.WORLDJAM ’S AFTERMATH

A Technical Success

Quantitative Measures of Success

Key Statistics

Impacting the Future

KM Core Dump

Unexpected Interaction

What IBM Could Improve Upon

V.IMPLICATIONS OF WORLDJAM

Increased Productivity

Political Consequences

Accentuating Globalization

Organizational Implications

Centralized Control?

VI.SHOULD I JAM?

Do I Have the Resources?

Is an MPC Right for Me?

Who Benefits from an MPC?

VII.CONCLUSIONS

Woodstock

Massively Parallel Conferences

FIGURES AND TABLES

Figure 1: A Massively Parallel Conference

Figure 2: WorldJam Homepage

Figure 3: WorldJam Activity Map

Table 1: WorldJam Activity

Table 2: Forums by Post and Reply Activity

Figure 4: WorldJam Coda Site

Figure 5: WorldJam Activities

Abstract

IBM's WorldJam was a massive 72-hour online conference that brought together 52,000 worldwide employees to discuss 10 points key to IBM's internal and external strategies. WorldJam was the first Massively Parallel Conference (MPC), Basex' term for this type of event that allows multiple conversations to run simultaneously, gathering information for the organizing body that would not be capturable through one-on-one interactions or other broadcast systems, such as surveys. MPCs have important implications for everyone. An MPC can be an effective brainstorming tool, can speed up innovation, can offer quicker response times to changes and can help introduce new products. Most importantly, MPCs allow the collection of information that would not otherwise be obtainable - the content of casual conversations between interested parties and other experts. This paper is a must-read for companies considering massive internal or external communications efforts and vendors looking to support those doing so.

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