How does information flow in your business?
Social and Organizational Network Analysis defined
"Social Network Analysis [SNA] and Organizational Network Analysis [ONA] consist of mathematical and visual analysis of relationships / flows / influence between people, groups, organizations, computers or other information/knowledge processing entities". - Valdis Krebs
Networks are everywhere! In the relationship age, networks have become the new paradigm for successfully building and managing organizations of all sizes and types.
In the past, solving collaborative issues was a daunting task because the tools and methodologies were not geared towards mapping and analyzing them easily or effectively. Since then, a new field of scientific research has evolved to specifically deal with mapping and analyzing networks of all types. Social and Organizational Network Analysis (SONA) enables organizations to solve internal and external collaboration challenges visually, objectively (data-driven analysis) and quickly.
In essence, SONA is to networks what mapping and re-design are to processes; tool that build shared understanding visually as well as identify opportunities for improvement.
Solution Areas
The following diagrams outline different networks scenarios and what their optimization can contribute to the organization.
Communities of Practice
- Who are the people who participate in process of social and organizational learning?
- Who are those that have a common interest in some subject or problem and collaborate over an extended period to share ideas, find solutions, and build innovations?
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Expert Location
- Who is really valuable to the organization?
Who has the most connections?
- Who can get the message out quickly?
- Who are the knowledge connectors and who are knowledge integrators?
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Stakeholders & Influencers
- Who is most influential?
- Who is the most the sought out?
- Who has the info we need
- Who has the connections
- What do influencers think
- Assess potential for diffusing info in networks
- Identify key players and diffusers: Who can get the message out quick
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Industry Ecosystems
- Alliance Strategy
- Identify hidden competitor strategies
- Brand Overlap
- Marketing and Distribution Networks
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Post-Merger Integration
- Are meaningful links between being made?
- Who is talking to who?
- Do we need an integration manager?
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Project Management
- Project Bottlenecks
- Project Information Flows
- Communication breakdowns
- Identify Change Snipers
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HR Planning
- Retirement Planning
- Turn-over analysis
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Workforce Diversity
Identify social patterns affecting networking and connectedness based on social factors such as age, sex, location, etc.
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Geographic Networks
- Retail Sales
- Commuting Paterns
- Geographic
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