StreamTube, the internal collaboration solution

Strongly inspired by the experience gained with "Alstom University Tube", StreamTube is a solution that encourages sharing and interaction around videos within a company or organization. This article summarizes the do's and don'ts, and proposes an example of implementation.

Alstom University Tube feedback

In 2010, Alstom had 70,000 employees in 70 countries, from several cultures, who needed to share their best practices. Video was increasingly being used outside of work and in particular on social networks.

That’s how Alstom imagined the Alstom University Tube platform, built around Streamlike: a video-based corporate social network that turned 70,000 employees into as many internal trainers!

The objectives were :

To create a fun and interactive collaborative space to encourage employees to share their knowledge, experiences and expertise through short videos.
To stimulate innovation by creating easily accessible knowledge-sharing spaces.

“AU-Tube has enabled us to boost our knowledge management program and improve collaboration. A kind of internal MOOC that gives access to home-made pedagogical content. “Walfa Chouki, Vice-President HR @ Alstom

“AU-Tube has enabled us to boost our knowledge management program and improve collaboration. A kind of internal MOOC that gives access to home-made pedagogical content. ”
Walfa Chouki, Vice-President HR @ Alstom

Do’s and dont’s

Do’s

To have an internal “sponsor” who will be the project leader, with a large autonomy and free from all influences.
Encourage adoption: involve employees from the start of the project, through collaborative workshops to define the purpose, understand the levers of adoption and the barriers, validate the ergonomics and interfaces.
Experiment on a small scale, identify referents and mentors among employees
Imagine ways to motivate contributors: video contests, recognition methods, etc.

Dont’s

Pre-publication moderation, which frustrates contributors. Since one must be authenticated to contribute, publications are not anonymous and the risk of inappropriate content is almost nil.
Internal decisional interference through multiple piloting.Use cases, common needs

Use cases

As we explained in a previous article, a collaborative video platform is first and foremost a corporate social network. As such, it is an internal communication tool, in “peer-to-peer” mode.

If it is assigned the mission of recording and sharing the company’s knowledge, this platform becomes a training tool. On occasion, it will allow the identification of internal talents. Demo

Here is an example of “StreamTube” showing the basic functionalities of a collaborative platform.