If you really want this "social media thing" to be a way of working, then each person needs to pick up the tools and figure out how the tools make sense for THEM. Sure, you can do training, and introductions, and have the early adopters show others how they use the software. In the end, though, people have to choose to switch because it makes sense for them.
Twitter pointed me to a great article on How to work with "stupid" people by Jason Crawford. He's answering the belief that "people are stupid" with a wise redirection: maybe we don't understand them.
John Hagel spoke this evening about his new book, The Power of Pull, at the Berkman Center. I took a boatload of notes and this is the result of that.
I have said this before: many organizations have far more good ideas than they have the resources to execute those ideas. I was listening to a recent Harvard Business IdeaCast and my ears perked up when they started talking about multitasking.
Ricky Cheong has posted a slideshare presentation of his research progress on Personal Knowledge Management.
"I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short" applies to email just as it applied to letters in the 17th Century.
Mark McDonald on the Gartner blog network says that The nature of change is changing with a new pattern being related to much flatter organizations and wider information flow. He says that change is becoming social-driven, rather than process-driven. Interesting.