Facebook, Oxfam and ‘digital leapfrogging’


Today, it is easier than ever to connect digitally with others around the world. Within the workplace, for those who sit in front of a computer, this is a straightforward task. However, how can the millions of employees who don’t sit at desks connect digitally with the rest of the organization? Workplace by Facebook launched with a mission to connect the previously unconnected. VP, Julien Codorniou, explains how its new platform has been able to successfully connect factory workers, holiday reps and baristas with the wider business. Oxfam America’s Neal McCarthy speaks from the user perspective to tell us how they are using Workplace by Facebook to transform the way they share information, and how these learnings are being used to help Oxfam reach the very people it’s trying to help.

“We believe that when everyone is connected, great things happen in terms of productivity – and when you give a voice to everyone, ultimately it creates a different type of organization.”

– Julien Codorniou, Workplace by Facebook

Today, it is easier than ever to connect digitally with others around the world. Within the workplace, for those who sit in front of a computer, this is a straightforward task. However, how can the millions of employees who don’t sit at desks connect digitally with the rest of the organization? Thanks to the vision of forward-thinking leaders, frontline workers are leapfrogging to a new generation of communication and collaboration tools.

In October 2016, Facebook officially launched Workplace by Facebook, with a mission to connect the previously unconnected. VP, Julien Codorniou, explains how its new platform has been able to successfully connect factory workers, holiday reps and baristas with the wider business.

Oxfam, an early adopter of Workplace by Facebook, comprises a confederation of 17 member organizations, working in more than 90 countries, and aspires to work as one digital workplace. Oxfam America’s Neal McCarthy tells us how it is transforming the way its employees share information and knowledge, and how these learnings are being used to help Oxfam reach the very people it’s trying to help.

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Paul Miller
Paul Miller is Non-Executive Chairman and Founder of DWG. Also a writer and speaker on the digital future of work, he has given inspirational talks for Microsoft, IKEA, Google, Accenture and the IMF. His most recent book is Nature of Work – The new Story of Work for a Living Age

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Julien Codorniou serves as the Vice President of Workplace by Facebook. He joined Facebook in 2011 to manage the gaming team in EMEA and then led the global Platform Partnerships team, helping Facebook partners to build, grow and monetize their apps with Platform.
Neal promotes a rights-based approach to information systems, asserting that users (including Oxfam staff and partners, as well as the communities they serve) have a right to the systems they need to work effectively and with impact.

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