Gore began its implementation of IBM Connections several years ago with a very deliberate, thoughtful and controlled onboarding process. We’ve had many successes along the way and have also learned from some mistakes. In this session, learn how we approached the roll out in our unique flat organization, how we organized our multi step on-boarding process, how we focused our initial roll out process on global project teams, and what adjustments we’ve made to our process along the way.
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Brian O'Neill - Implementing Connections in the real world of Gore: Successes and Pitfalls
1. W. L. Gore &
Associates
Implementing Connections in the real world of Gore:
Successes and Pitfalls
Social Connections V
June 28th
, 2013
2. W. L. Gore &
Associates
About Me
Brian P O’Neill
Social Business & Collaboration Specialist
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Elkton, Maryland U.S.A.
Feel free to contact me:
boneill@wlgore.com
twitter.com/oneillbp311
linkedin.com/in/oneillbp311
Been at Gore 13 years Working with Connections since 2010 Came from the Lotus Notes/Domino world. I’m considered IT, but exploring new type of role Technical liaison and IT Champion for Gore’s Connections Project Team Deep understanding of how the Connections tools work Only a high level understanding of technical implementation (i.e WebSphere) Large part of role involves “Vendor Management”
Today, we have more than 9,000 associates worldwide (we refer to our employees as associates, which emphasizes that they are all part owners of the company). Our annual sales are more than $2. 6 Billion, and we remain privately-held (which we very much prefer).
We operate in more than 30 countries globally and have manufacturing locations in the U.S., Germany, Scotland, Japan and China. We try to build as much local infrastructure as possible to enable our associates to have a certain level of autonomy and to enable us to better respond to the local market needs.
Power of small teams Always emphasized collaboration No hierarchy One-to-one communication Teams organized around opportunities
Asynchronous Collaboration Reduced travel Reduced off hours work Supports our Enterprise strategy - “Power of small teams”