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Reasons Why Using WhatsApp for Corporate Communications is Dangerous

Posted by Andy G. Schmidt on Mar 2, 2022 8:41:01 AM

Isn't the overall goal of Internal Communication to turn strategy into action?

Whenever I ask organizations how they communicate with and get their message across to their entire workforce - including their non-desk workforce that performs their work on-the-go - I often hear, โ€œOh, internal communication with our mobile workforce? We have it covered. Everyone is on WhatsApp.โ€

This makes me very concerned and uneasy. 

Have you ever asked yourself the question, "What could be so wrong with using a consumer tool for internal corporate communications?"

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Topics: Employee Engagement, Internal Communications, Employee Experience, Best Practice, Operational Efficiency, Tool



Tomorrow isn't waiting - Trends in 2022

Posted by Andy G. Schmidt on Dec 22, 2021 5:32:25 PM

2021 was the year of resilient operations management.

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Topics: Hospitality, Internal Communications, Best Practice, Operational Efficiency



The Power of Operational Communication

Posted by Andy G. Schmidt on Sep 19, 2021 3:57:00 PM

Connecting people in the workplace and helping teams work together more efficiently is at the core of our mission. When Beekeeper first set out seven years ago, we were determined to digitalize traditional top-down communication channels.

We wanted to make information easily accessible to everyone, regardless of their location. In many cases, Beekeeper also enabled employees to give direct feedback to company management for the very first time.

Over time, it became clear that top-down communication channels like bulletin boards and newsletters are only the tip of the communication pyramid. For operational communication thatโ€™s truly transformative, information must also flow from the bottom-up, across departments, between functions, and diagonally into different teams.

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Topics: Internal Communications, Employee Experience, Best Practice, Operational Efficiency



The Enterprise Social Room to complement operational communications

Posted by Andy G. Schmidt on Sep 13, 2021 11:29:49 AM

How are you coping during this period?

What are you discovering about yourself and each other that you could not see before?

What have you lost during this time but are not missing?

These questions and others trigger new conversations and collaborations between many members of the group.

๐—ข๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐˜†๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐˜€, ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€.

We were conditioned by experts that we need non-authentic, anonymous, low-trust workplace surveys to tell us what we should talk about.

And whilst we were in the building, we didnโ€™t buy it but we went along with it, right?

But no longer! Long and static employee surveys are dead, replaced by authentic conversations between people who choose the topics, not the survey authors.

In the Enterprise Social Room, we began this extraordinary conversation and re-imagining a future where conversations across physical locations and hierarchies became part of the โ€˜new normalโ€™.

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Topics: Internal Communications, Employee Experience, Best Practice, Operational Efficiency



Leading from the Frontlines: How to Create a Digital Workplace Thatโ€™s Still Human

Posted by Andy G. Schmidt on Jul 14, 2021 5:06:10 PM

Frontline. noun โ€œThe most advanced, responsible, or visible position in a field or activity.โ€

That definition is an accurate description of your companyโ€™s most influential people: frontline employees. Theyโ€™re on the ground, leading the charge, and have the most interaction with your customers.

How many percent of your frontline workers are receiving corporate communication directly and in an instant? 

Typically, this mobile workforce is often left unattended and, as a result, is left feeling disconnected from the company. Only 13% of them are engaged at work. As a result, theyโ€™re more likely to leave for another company with a more inclusive approach and a digital workplace.

Itโ€™s important to understand why frontline employees need to be included in your business strategies.

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Topics: Retail, Hospitality, Logistics, F&B, Internal Communications, Employee Experience, Best Practice



Why the Whole is Smarter than its Parts or the Beekeeper's Edge

Posted by Andy G. Schmidt on May 21, 2021 7:45:00 AM

Bees arenโ€™t smart, bee colonies are. No single bee knows how to build a hive, protect the queen, and produce honey. But collectively, they still make it happen, which is quite impressive.

Here is how they do it:

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Topics: Internal Communications, Best Practice



The Beekeeper - Why not copy from nature?

Posted by Andy G. Schmidt on May 14, 2021 9:34:14 AM

 

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Topics: Internal Communications, Best Practice, Operational Efficiency



The Importance of Transparency for a Healthy Company Culture

Posted by Andy G. Schmidt on May 4, 2021 6:01:00 PM

Companies have changed the way they do business.

A rigid hierarchy that restricted the flow of information and negatively impacted employee communications used to be the norm. Communication between employees and their supervisors was often limited, and organizational transparency was practically nonexistent.

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Topics: Hospitality, Video, Internal Communications, Employee Experience, Best Practice, Use-Case



12 Reasons why Money isn't a great Motivator for your work

Posted by Andy G. Schmidt on Mar 1, 2021 12:06:10 PM

Earning the money we need to live is presumably the main reason we work at all.

But does money motivate us to continuously perform our best work?

Letโ€™s take a peek at what science and research have to say about that:

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Topics: Best Practice



Harnessing Swarm Intelligence to Make the Sum Bigger than its Parts

Posted by Andy G. Schmidt on Jan 3, 2021 12:48:40 PM

What can we do differently to do better in engaging our employees?

Many bosses believe that valuable knowledge is concentrated in a very few heads. They assume that the key to making good decisions is finding that one right person who will have the answer.

The โ€œgeniusโ€ of the organization NEVER resides completely in management!

The best ideas will often come from far-flung corners of the community.

We are likely to incur an โ€œignorance taxโ€ when we fail to consult the crowd before making important decisions.

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Topics: Employee Engagement, Internal Communications, Best Practice, Operational Efficiency



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