so far we dont see any ESN, be it yammer or jive becoming a mainstream application. I think why ESNs havent been able to make a mark is because they arent desi

so far we dont see any ESN, be it yammer or jive becoming a mainstream application. I think why ESNs havent been able to make a mark is because they arent designed for individuals or teams but they are designed for the enterprise. This approach of keeping an enterprise in the centre while designing the system doesnt address what an individual needs. In my experience, individuals work for a team & not enterprise & that according to me is a fundamental reason why the likes of yammer havent been as powerful as ideally they should be. Infact this problem was the start point for us while designing our tool teamgum - to build a reddit like community within an enterprise.