Team Collaboration

• Business Value of Knowledge Worker Solutions … David outlines a three-part approach for valuing the impact of tools and technologies on knowledge workers. Two are relatively easy; the third is very difficult. IT@Intel Blog
• Calling Mindjet *ntrepreneurs … Mindjet is seeking entrepreneurs and interpreneurs using MindManager to participate in an upcoming Webinar with Christine Comaford-Lynch. “Christine will select a few lucky customers and provide them with complimentary mini business pitch critiques – live on our webinar.” You have to apply. Mindjet Blog

Mobility

• iPhone and Highrise … Jason outlines how to add tasks to Highrise via email, and specifically then how to use it with the iPhone. 37signals
• Synchronica for iPhone and Exchange … Synchronica announced that its Mobile Gateway 3.0 now supports over-the-air synchronization between the Apple iPhone and Microsoft Exchange. “Mobile Gateway uses Microsoft’s secure Outlook Web Access (OWA) to retrieve email from the corporate Exchange server, a service enabled by many enterprises to provide users with access to corporate email from home or while traveling.” And … “Mobile Gateway 3.0 delivers the Exchange e-mails directly to mail client on the iPhone, so users don’t have to navigate using the Safari Web browser. It also works with phones made by Nokia, Sony Ericsson and other companies.” Synchronica, MacWorld
• Minerva Sues RIM … Minerva Industries sued Research In Motion for patent infringement, and is seeks 5%-7% of wholesale BlackBerry sales retroactive to 2004 as a royalty. “The Minerva complaint, filed June 6 in a Texas court, references one patent, but Mr. Fenster said the company plans to amend the lawsuit in August to add a second patent. He said the two patents are about “advanced features” on cellphones, such as the ability to record voice memos, cellphone cameras with video recording, and global positioning systems.” Canada.com
• Zimbra on iPhone … Zimbra optimized its messaging and collaboration server for the iPhone. “Now you can check your email, get your address books, and calendars on your mobile device without needing the iSync or Outlook connectors. You’ll need to point your iPhone to the Zimbra Server via Safari, and you’re good to go.” Available Autumn 2007. mashable

Productivity

• Look Back and Debrief … In Jason’s email newsletter, he writes about the power of 20/20 hindsight, and encourages a more deliberate strategy of reviewing past events and meetings to learn for the future. “This key management strategy of looking back to critique a completed event will save you time, effort and money on future projects; however, many times people simply don’t do a debrief session with their team because they are already busy working on the next event. The function of the meeting is to look for better ways of doing things by identifying mistakes and clarifying objectives. Two important outcomes of the debrief meeting are to (1) learn and hold onto what works and to (2) share and teach the best practices.” Jason Womack
• Train for the Unexpected … It’s okay to train for repeatable tasks and things that we generally expect to happen, but what about training for the unexpected? “So, if you can plan for the unexpected, can you train for the unexpected? Can you anticipate what you should (or will) do when the dog is friendly? Can you train people for events or actions that are unlikely but somewhat probable? How many times have you said to yourself – “I never expected to see that” or “That came out of the blue”? Probably more times than you’d care to admit. Yet every one of those instances resulted in lost productivity, and even though someone else will probably face that experience again, your learning was lost.” Thinking Faster
• Steve’s Presentation Style … Carmine dissects the presentation style of Steve Jobs: (1) build tension, (2) stick to one theme per slide, (3) add pizzazz to your delivery, (4) practice, and (5) be honest and show enthusiasm. BusinessWeek (hat tip, Andy)