Are you wiki consulting?

It seems to me that there exists many different types of people doing “wiki consulting”. They differ by:
Background/goal:

• Some are technologists, doing installs, writing plugins, etc.
• Some are cultural anthropologists or statistians employed to provide insight on social interactions
• Some are management looking to reduce the costs of running the enterprise
• Some are HR types, looking to get better engagement from its staff
• Some are organizational competency development types seeking to promote new behaviours such as innovation or growth

Size of company:

• Some are independents or working in small loose networks, often specialising in a particular niche
• Others are internal staffers
• And still more are large generic service companies, your PwC, KPMG, Accentures, etc.

Background:

• Knowledge Management
• Process Reengineering
• Organisational Development

And really, what is “wiki consulting”? It could be all and any of the above.

For me, wiki consulting is an acknowledgement that wikis represent a juncture: a shift to a type of participation drawing so widely across the enterprise that it could disrupt practically every measure of organisations as we know them.

This is both exciting and scary. Exciting for newcomers. Scary for oldtimers.

If you are wiki consulting I look forward to talking with you, and looking at the market together. There’s a lot of ground to cover: in problem sets, solution kits and change transformation approaches. The tenets that organisations are typically judged by; Governance, Strategy, People, Process, Measurement & Culture are all affected.
Whether you are a newcomer to the workforce and are bewildered why your organisation doesn’t use wikis and Web 2.0 stuff or an old timer and don’t want to admit that you suspect it is important but intrugued by the idea that it could address communication and innovation issues, do feel free to contact me.

+1 416-786-6752. Toronto, Canada