Solutions

Below are just some examples of work I have done for clients. You can click on each of the category headers to filter further and click on the image for an enlarged view.

Gov 2.0

Client:
Wokingham Borough Council

Solution:
An existing intranet needed to be evaluated in terms of the technology platform it was based on and its ability to facilitate improved internal collaboration and innovation. Several internal interviews and analysis culminated in a set of recommendations currently being acted on.

Website:
http://wokingham.gov.uk/
Evaluation and Selection

Client:
Allianz

Solution:
An existing ideas management solution needed replacing with one of the new breed of social idea management platforms. An evaluation amongst 18 vendors was conducted, decision making to select one was facilitated and this included planning and support for implementation.

Website:
http://www.allianz.co.uk/
Ideas Management

Client:
British Airways

Solution:
BA wanted facilitate innovation. Socialwrks created a platform where users could create ideas in a page, have other users comment and rate those ideas and have the best ideas filter to a list of top ideas. The best ideas could be taken through a workflow from under consideration to implementation.

Website:
http://www.britishairways.com/
Social Extranet

Client:
Goodman

Solution:
Goodman runs Harwell Oxford, a world-class centre for science, technology and innovation with over 4,500 people and some 150 organisations. They needed a community platform for company’s on the park to share ideas and collaborate.

Website:
http://www.goodman.com/
Social Extranet – Events

Client:
Goodman

Solution:
This screenshot shows the events management function required by Goodman for facilitating events at the Harwell Oxford Campus. Members can find out more about events, indicate attendance and comment on events.

Website:
http://www.goodman.com/
Social Extranet

Client:
Surrey Research Park

Solution:
A major centre of excellence in technology, science and engineering and home to over 100 companies needed a new way to manage communication and collaboration between Park management, tenants and Surrey University

Website:
http://www.surrey-research-park.com/
Knowledge Management

Client:
British American Tobacco

Solution:
The global IT division needed a platform on which they could collaboratively author documentation, learning and training material for their global user base. Designs were created for Confluence and implemented and ongoing support provided.

More:
http://www.bat.com/
Social Extranet

Client:
Oxford Innovation

Solution:
The UK’s leading operator of Innovation Centres of which it runs 13, supporting in excess of a thousand companies. Management needed to facilitate a better way of communication and collaboration with and amongst the centres, companies and their people!

Website:
http://oxin.co.uk/
Networked Innovation

Client:
Prototype

Solution:
Socialwrks needed to build a prototype of an ideas management solution based on Confluence, for British Airways. On the basis of this prototype, a solution was delivered to BA – see separate example – and made available to other clients.

Website:
http://confluence.netociety.com/display/netV/Home
Social Intranet

Client:
NYK

Solution:
One of the world’s leading transportation companies employing about 51,000 people worldwide using the Confluence enterprise wiki as its Intranet. It needed a major overhaul / redesign to make it more user friendly, attractive and socially oriented.

Website:
http://www.nykeurope.com/
Ideas Management

Client:
Surrey Entrepreneurs

Solution:
A student organisation based at the University of Surrey, who needed a mechanism for capturing ideas, have other users comment and rate those ideas, have the best ideas filter to the top and then a mechanism for managing implementation of ideas.

Website:
http://consultingentrepreneurs.com/
Inspiring Brand

Client:
Surrey Entrepreneurs

Solution:
A student organisation based at the University of Surrey, who needed a completely new brand to be created, including logo and artwork. It needed to be both different and inspiring.

Website:
http://consultingentrepreneurs.com/
Social Intranet

Client:
Central Government Department, UK

Solution:
An outmoded Content Management System used to run this department’s Intranet required replacement. A new brand and design with implementation into Confluence was needed with subsequent support for user training and adoption.

Website:
Classified
Connecting Classrooms

Client:
British Council

Solution:
Ukesa Sunlight, part of the British Council’s Connecting Classrooms initiative, needed a simple and cost effective way to enable collaboration, information sharing, media (images, video, audio) management and content aggregation from other sites.

Website:
http://www.connectingclassrooms.org/
Collaborative Consulting

Client:
True Reckoning

Solution:
A consulting practice in Ontario Canada which needed a simple way to promote itself through a web site which was easily up-dateable and act as a gateway to a collaborative environment through which it could manage projects with clients.

Website:
http://www.truereckoning.com/
Social Intranet

Client:
Thales BTC

Solution:
Thales BTC is a support organisation within Thales and use Confluence as an Intranet for the divisions it supports. It needed a portal through which communication could be channelled and then collaboration facilitated.

Website:
http://www.thalesgroup.com/