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Organizational Network Analysis Consulting
Work with ONA experts. Whether you’re an organizational network analysis expert or just beginning, we are here to help with whatever support you might need.
Services
What are the ONA consulting services you provide?
Full service ONA
Short on time or resources? We can provide you with professional services to handle everything for you. We’ll work with you to unpack your key questions and objectives, design and run a data collection program, analyze the results and develop actionable insights, and help you communicate your findings internally.
Thought partnership
Looking for someone to sound your thinking off with, or perhaps just need support with specific components of your project? Our team includes world experts in organizational network analysis, and we are happy to scope out an appropriate project to support you. No job is too small.
Training
Whether you’re an expert looking to brush up on your skills or a beginner looking to explore what organizational network analysis can do for you, our in-depth three-day course will provide you with the practical tools and skills you need to plan your next ONA project, get started, and avoid common mistakes and pitfalls.
Organizational network analysis reports
Need something quick, or looking for a quick analysis covering all bases that you can use as a jumping off point for more bespoke inquiries? We can provide standard fixed-fee reports including key influencer identification, informal community detection, collaboration matrices, and more.
Personal Network Reports
Our survey tool is fully integrated with our network visualization and analysis tool. Once you have collected your responses, all it takes is one click to visualize your data.
How We Identify Influencers in Your Organization
Identifying influencers within an organization is crucial for effective organizational network analysis (ONA) and driving meaningful change. Influencers play a vital role in shaping culture, communication, and collaboration.
The first step in identifying these key individuals is to understand their intended role. Will they spearhead a technology change program, bridge communication gaps between executives and junior staff, or drive cultural change?The intended use of these influencers informs how they are identified and what signals are emphasized, such as:
The first step in identifying these key individuals is to understand their intended role. Will they spearhead a technology change program, bridge communication gaps between executives and junior staff, or drive cultural change?The intended use of these influencers informs how they are identified and what signals are emphasized, such as:
Network Centrality
Examining the number of connections or nominations an individual has within the network.
Network Position
Assessing roles like bridging or brokerage to understand an individual’s influence.
Energy
Evaluating if individuals are perceived as sources of energy that inspire and motivate others.
Trust and Approachability
Determining if others view these individuals as trustworthy and approachable.
Organization Design and Restructuring
Leveraging the informal network to influence and optimize the formal structure.
Workshops and one-on-one discussions with identified influencers often form a critical part of the process. The network diagrams created through ONA can then serve as powerful tools for promoting change—whether that's fostering better relationships between teams or enhancing internal and external collaboration.
Driving Organizational Change through ONA
Identifying influencers and the kinds of change management applications detailed above are by no means the only professional services projects that we assist with, other examples include:
Driving Innovation
Research shows that network structures significantly impact an organization's ability to innovate.
Addressing Collaborative Overload and Improving Wellbeing
Our passive data integrations provide a data-driven approach to identifying potential collaborative overload, fostering a healthier work environment.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Informal networks can measure and improve the level of inclusion within an organization, promoting a more diverse and equitable culture.
Breaking Down Silos and Improving Collaboration
Effective collaboration is about quality, not quantity. Our services help measure current connectivity patterns, using data to drive targeted improvements.
Organization design and restructuring
Helping to use the informal network to inform the formal network
What ONA tools do you use?
Polinode is a global leader in the development of organizational network analysis tools - we use our own SaaS platform that includes both a powerful network visualization tool (with a large number of network metrics) as well our integrated relationship-based survey tool that is designed for running Active Organizational Network Analysis.
We don't limit ourselves to our own tools though when providing ONA consulting services. We also often use Python libraries for advanced analysis and machine learning tools as well.
Do you work with People Analytics teams?
Absolutely! We frequently work with People Analytics teams from both large and small companies to assist them with the analysis of formal and informal networks. Often we work as thought partners with People Analytics teams to help them make use of advanced network analysis tools as well as to ask the right questions of the data that they may already have or that we help them collect.
Do you work with consulting organizations?
Yes, we do! We work with around 30 consulting organizations across the globe. For some of these consultants, we supply only our ONA software. For others, we provide advanced analysis and partner deeply with them on data collection and the delivery of ONA services to their end-user organizations.
There is a spectrum of options when it comes to partnering with consulting organizations. We always take the time to listen to your needs, and often, our partnership evolves over time to suit those changing requirements.
There is a spectrum of options when it comes to partnering with consulting organizations. We always take the time to listen to your needs, and often, our partnership evolves over time to suit those changing requirements.
What are the next steps if I'm interested in working with you on an organizational network analysis?
The first step is to get in touch with us and request a demo. That way we can show you the Polinode platform but also listen to what your priorities are and have a discussion about how we may be able to help you achieve them.
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