Network analysis applied to housewarming event

1. A N I C H E C O N S U L T I N G C O M P A N Y
HOUSEWARMING EVENT
12 MARCH 2010
W W W . I N N O V I S O R . D K M A R C H 1 0

2. What is Organisational Network Analysis?
“Organisational Network Analysis is a fantastic tool. I know of
no other technique that enables us to evaluate our business
in such a smooth and intuitive way, across time and
geography, and which will help us plan for our future
organisational direction.
- Heine Thorsgaard, Chief Financial Officer, Columbus IT
Formal organisation
How to read the diagrammes
• Circles represent individuals
• Lines represent a relation between individuals
• Mathmatical analysis depicts each person vis a vis
his relation in the network, thus visualising the
informal organisation
W W W . I N N O V I S O R . D K 2

3. Network Analysis in a social context ...
 35 participants at Innovisor´s housewarming event 12 March 2010
participated in a voluntary network analysis
 Each participant responded online to questions about how well he or she knew the
other participants before and after the event, respectively
 The results visualised with key metrics
W W W . I N N O V I S O R . D K 3

4. Housewarming formed 70 new relations...
Existing relations before the event… … and after
Housewarming gæst
Innovisor medarbejder
Housewarming formed 70 new relations among the 35 participants. Before the event there were
249 relations, and after 319 – of a total of 1,190 posssible relations
W W W . I N N O V I S O R . D K 4

5. ...and strengthened existing relations
Visualising new and strengthened relations
Housewarming guest
Innovisor team
More than 90% of the participants used this opportunity to build new
relationships and to strengthen the existing
W W W . I N N O V I S O R . D K 5

6. … and the results by numbers
Metric Description Before After Diff. %
The number of confirmed ties a person
Centrality 7,1 9,1 2,00 28%
has for a given relationship
The average number of steps for an
Cohesion individual to reach anyone else in the 2,0 1,8 -0,2 -9%
network
A percentage of the maximum number
Density 21% 27% 6% 28%
of possible ties
Each participant formed 2 new relation on average
W W W . I N N O V I S O R . D K 6

7. Managing networks professionally...
 An x-ray of the organisation
 How work in organisations really gets done
 Identify key staff for strategy execution and change programmes
 Based on staff input
 Insights are readily accepted and embraced by staff
 Data-based insights easily translate into decision and action
 Fast-track process increases execution capability
 Costs benefit analysis based on quantitative and qualitative data
 Existing company data are included in conclusions and recommendations
W W W . I N N O V I S O R . D K 7

8. Words of wisdom about network analysis…
Thanks for your attention
e-mail: morten@innovisor.dk
mobile: 2075 6719
W W W . I N N O V I S O R . D K 8