How social networks can make your company smarter. Or possibly help you land on the moon.

1. Private Social Networks Make You Smarter One Geek’s (Somewhat Biased) Perspective

2. Humans are pretty smart.

7. Computers, not so much.

12. So what?

13. Well, if you tried to connect things that are smart using things that are not so smart…

14. You’d likely try to put all the smarts into the smart things.

15. You’d likely try to put all the smarts into the smart things .

16. Social networks broadcast information from smart person to smart person.

17. And let the not-so-smart computers just store information for later.

18. And that approach can lead to some interesting effects, because…

19. As you make the smart things smarter…

20. As you make the smart things smarter… You are also making the entire network smarter.

21. As you make the smart things smarter… You are also making the entire network smarter. While also capturing all that information too.

22. And if that network is your company…

23. And if that network is your company… Your company doesn’t just get smart…

24. And if that network is your company… Your company doesn’t just get smart… It gets Oreo-Smart.

25. Let’s think about another information system that could make your company smarter…

26. A search engine.

27. If you have a system that is search-based.

28. If you have a system that is search-based. That provides information on-demand.

29. If you have a system that is search-based. That provides information on-demand. Pretty useful!

30. Now, if you add to that a social system that is broadcast -based.

31. Now, if you add to that a social system that is broadcast -based. That provides you with information pre-demand .

32. Now, if you add to that a social system that is broadcast- based. That provides you with information pre-demand . Way more useful!

33. You get smarter every day because you learn things before you need them.

34. Of course, this only works if those smart things have amazing memories.

35. Like, if those things were almost like supercomputers.

36. Like, if those things were almost like humans.

37. Humans don’t remember every detail , but…

38. Humans don’t remember every detail, but… they remember the overall idea …

39. … and file the idea away for later – so it’s ready as soon as they need it.

40. And then …

41. When they need some details…

42. Then they can use a search engine to find them.

43. So…

44. Social Networks Broadcast Ideas

45. Social Networks Broadcast Ideas Search Engines Provide Details

46. Ideas Engine +

47. Ideas Engine + Details Engine =

48. Ideas Engine + Details Engine = Innovation Engine

49. Good for Moon Landings?

50. Good for Discovering DNA?

51. Good for Inventing Oreos?

52. So what?

53. If your people know things before they need to…

54. And they can search for things when they need to…

55. This seems like a big deal.

56. So what to do now?

57. Launch a private social network.

58. Be a much smarter company.

59. Invent the next Oreo.

60. Try it for yourself… http://try.leveragesoftware.com Questions/Comments? Drop me a line… joek at leverage software dot com