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How to identify people in your company who might have good ideas ?

• simonsarris 16y ago
  The same way you identify good food. Trial and error + filtering other people's opinions.
  • Holeinthewall 16y ago
    Sounds like lot of food to me :) any other ideas ?
    • simonsarris 16y ago
      Well, when I was at Cisco there were a lot of ways of meeting new (and interesting?) employees. Many employees kept internal blogs on things they were working on (including CEO Chambers). Employees also had keywords for things they liked to do or were good at (C#, starcraft, hiking, investing, etc would be someone's keywords). There were also a lot of mailing lists to search to find people who liked to do things together (pythonistas, bxb-cycling, bikers, etc) Other than that there was simply reputation (this is the 'filtering other people's opinions' bit). J.C., for instance, was known around the office as being a hilarious guy and just great to talk to. S.D. knew everything in the world about firewalls. D.C. was a great artist, yada yada... I guess it really depends on how your company is set up and how comfortable you are approaching people.
      • HackyGeeky 16y ago
        Thanks ! you just gave me a great idea !!