Team Collaboration

• Exchange 2007 Migration Concerns … Osterman Research surveyed a number of organizations on their needs from email and messaging, for PostPath, which offers a product to compete with Microsoft Exchange. Key findings: 70% of enterprises are concerned / extremely concerned about the complexity of the Exchange 2007 migration effort, and 69% are concerned about the time such a migration will take. BusinessWire
• IT Managers Blind to “2.0”? … At a recent presentation, Dennis from SAP asked the assembled IT Managers whether any of them had Web 2.0 initiatives going on at their organizations. No one raised their hands. Why? “More and more employees are bringing Web 2.0 technologies into the enterprise without the involvement of IT. Even within IT departments, Moore said, rouge workers are experimenting with blogs and wikis for work purposes without IT managers even being aware of it.” SMB Connection
• Zoho Creator 2.0 … Zoho released Version 2.0 of Zoho Creator, its online database application system. Sports a revised user interface, a script builder, the ability to share Zoho Creator applications with other users, and more. Available immediately. Zoho
• Zimbra Joined CalConnect … Zimbra joined CalConnect, the calendaring and scheduling consortium, and announced plans to support the CalDAV standard in its Zimbra Collaboration Suite offering. LXer

Productivity

• Biggest Time Waster … Mark asked a number of productivity experts what they saw as their biggest time waster. Answers included surfing the Web, instant messaging, a lack of a basic agenda for the day, too much attention on communication tools, multitasking, watching TV, a lack of purpose, and many more. Productivity501
• Be Great … Multi-tasking stands in the way of being great at something particular, which usually involved concerted effort over time. Multi-tasking “sets the stage for shoddy and incomplete work, it clearly makes us inattentive and unfocused, it robs us of our greatness.” ProductivityGoal
• Productive Teleconferences … Numerous ideas from Laura on how to run productive teleconferences: (a) allow enough time for scheduling the teleconference, (b) limit the number of participants to avoid unmanageability, (c) get input for the agenda in advance of the session, (d) speak your name before saying your contribution, and (e) be present–that is, don’t do other stuff. There’s lots of other good ideas too. Laura Stack
• Creativity Takes Time … Scott argues that there are no quick fixes to creativity, and that genuine creativity requires (1) experience, (2) combination, and (3) process. He outlines tips and ideas for improving on each … but they don’t come quickly or easily. Scott Young