In a widely reported launch (too widely reported to tip the hat to any one source), CogMap has launched its business plan - a site serving as a Wiki for Org Charts. My first spin around the site indicates that participants are mapping large organizations (Microsoft) and small organizations (Church at Bethany) alike. A secondary observation is that the very small organizations are likely using this as their primary Org Chart software, while the large organizations are simply being riffed aka Vault (where anonomous users can spin their experience within a company).
For those of you without the 411 on Wikis, a Wiki is a collaborative type of web app allowing end users to create and update content, generating a online community responsible for improving the quality and accuracy of content over time. The big value is that the end users are the ones in the know, and they are best suited to develop and edit content - the network effect at it's best. Wikipedia is the most widely used version of a Wiki you have probably run into to date.
At first glance, I really like stuff like this, and then I remember I would be a fool to share org charts in an open forum - can headhunters ready to raid your organization be far behind? I mean, I am careful about adding recruiters to my LinkedIn account (of which I have full control), is their any doubt having org charts in the public domain can lead to bad things?
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