Can serendipity be planned

摘要: Lack of communication among colleagues in the workplace is a widespread problem. Many companies struggle with "silo syndrome" ? employees from different departments tend to keep themselves, leading inefficiencies and missed opportunities, particularly those that would arise chance encounters people who don't, but should, know each other. The author asserts two parallel paradigm shifts are helping change that. The first movement desktop mobile computing. second move individual "social" software, here defined as programs enable group accomplish common goals. Together, they say, trends have potential dramatically transform ways which conduct business. Toward end, his developed new technology could help facilitate greater collaboration. technology, known "Serendipity," yet be commercialized mobile-phone application, intended extend (rather than supplant) existing enterprise-communication knowledge-management systems by untethering them so can used social situations where might most beneficial: near water cooler, hallway, around coffee machine. Serendipity relies on Bluetooth, low-power radio-frequency protocol designed primarily wireless headsets or laptops connect phones. A byproduct functionality, however, Bluetooth devices aware one another, essentially turns into short-range beacons, its own unique ID. In this article, explains how Serendipity works discusses number business applications ability study, track and, perhaps importantly, predict dynamics network. He also some privacy issues necessary safeguards such opt-in methodologies associated applications.