Rolling Stones. Miles Davis. Bruce and the E Street Band. The Clash. Guns ‘n Roses.
Scroll through your iPod and reflect for a moment on your favorite bands. Doesn’t listening to them inspire you? Especially when they’re improvising and showing off their mastery! It’s incredible.
It’s the creativity, energy, spontaneity, and teamwork of the Jam session that we want our customers to experience when they use SuccessFactors Jam. And it couldn’t come at a better time.
We’re in the era of doing more with less. Blame it on the ongoing economic malaise, globalization, or who knows why. What I do know is that Jam actually helps – Jam helps you find information when you need it and share information easily so others can find it.
Experts, be they purchasing managers, system admins, training gurus, sales heroes, etc., get interrupted all day long. But what can they do? Document their know-how in a word doc with lots of screen shots? Who’s got time for that? How about scheduling a webcast to train everyone on their expertise? Only the five people who need the info that day will show up. Or maybe contact the training department to ask for help creating a video. But last I checked – the training department is tapped out and never has been in the business of creating 5-minute How-To videos.
Enter SuccessFactors Jam. In a couple clicks, you can, not only record the process, but also share it with the rest of your company so your colleagues can actually find it when they need it. Click record, do your thing, and click share. Jam takes care of the rest – the screen and audio capture, uploading, transcoding, streaming, and most important, making it discoverable through the Jam network.
How well does it work? Our Director of HR Systems created a Jam to show new employees how to get started with our talent system. She posted the recording in the onboarding group, and it’s been viewed 282 times. It’s 9 minutes long, so that’s 2,538 minutes or more than 40 hours of her time she gets back. And we’ve been able to update our records on our time, without trying to schedule an appointment to connect with her.
We’re excited about Jam because it brings this kind of efficiency to your business. Beyond informal or social learning examples, our customers are using Jam to accelerate onboarding, increase learning performance around instructor-led training, and speed clarity around shared goals.
You can also use Jam on your mobile phone to view and comment on what’s on your company’s network. You can also record video and take and upload photos. This is especially popular with groups on the go, such as sales teams and retail employees.
Watch our Social Learning mobile demo.
When we can easily share our expertise and make our colleagues more productive, everybody wins. And when we find the information we need, when we need it, wherever we might be, we can be more productive ourselves. Which means there’s more time for all the other good things in life, like getting home in time for dinner, spending time with our kids, or just listening to music.
SuccessFactors Jam: the rhythm of business.
