IKEA: Using modern technology to be able to change

IKEA is the company you either love or hate. They have become one of the most well known companies in the world thanks to their cheap self-assembly furniture line.

In a case study developed by Brandwatch, they said that recently IKEA wanted to embark upon a program to connect their different business units together using social media as a valuable channel across regions in a collaborative and intelligent way.
The business would benefit from not only discovering insights in real-time, but also sharing them swiftly with the teams that would be able to act upon them.
Tasked with pioneering this positive change, the organization’s Digital Development team worked with The Socializers to outline a strategy to morph IKEA into a truly socially intelligent company.
The Socializers are an agency who are focused on people and technology and were chosen by IKEA’s Digital Development team to help them with social change in the organization.

Thanks to insights and learning’s taken from the social media command center and with the help of Brandwatch, IKEA found the value and importance of being more social.
Information is being shared and directed to the appropriate departments for action, and a culture of wisdom and experience sharing is emerging.
As this area of the business matures, other challenges around techniques for efficiently distributing information are surfacing, but with the Digital Development team, IKEA are well prepared for the future and will be ready for it.
 I wish I had more information to put in here that would show how IKEA went about all of this, but it was interrupted by the tutor.

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