To date, very little work has been done on harnessing the power of informal networks and teams in the world of both global HR and global HR systems. The fluidity and informality of teamwork has always meant that capturing ever changing team membership and dynamics has been virtually impossible at any scale.
While the science behind Organisational Network Analytics (ONA) is well established, tried and tested, the ability to scale these insights has always been a major hurdle to these powerful data points going mainstream.
Source: Why informal networks set to revolutionize HR and People Analytics