The People Part of Enterprise Collaboration and Virtual Teams

• After Action Review … Overview of the After Action Review process. “An After Action Review (AAR) is an assessment conducted after a project or major activity that allows employees and leaders to discover (learn) what happened and why. It may be thought of as a professional discussion of an event that enable employees to understand why things happened during the progression of the process and to learn from that experience. Examples of when to use it are: introduction of a new product line in a production facility, after a busy holiday season in a retail store, introduction of a new computer system upgrade, after a major training activity, a change in procedures, etc.” nwlink
• James on Collaboration … James outlines ideas for the introduction of collaboration tools, a recommendation to establish a portfolio of collaboration tools according to team and business area needs, and the role of ‘gardening’ in collaboration endeavors. James is the Managing Director at Step Two.

The Technology Trends of Enterprise Collaboration and Virtual Teams

• Authentication in SharePoint … Microsoft plans to remove the tight link between SharePoint and Active Directory, opening the way for SharePoint to work with many identity management offerings. “The goal is to have SharePoint incorporate an authentication model that works with any corporate identity system, including Active Directory, LDAPv3-based directories, application-specific databases and new user-centric identity models, such as LiveID, OpenID and InfoCard systems, including Microsoft’s CardSpace and Novell’s Digital Me.” NetworkWorld
• Lotus Connections 1.0.2 … IBM released Version 1.0.2 of Connections, its social software offering for the enterprise. New features: additional OS support, new plug-ins for desktop tools, an API, and a pilot quick start installation service. Available November 16. IBM

Insights on Being Productive and Effective as an Individual

• Accomplishment, Not Busyness … Scott shares 10 ideas for accomplishing more than merely being busy. Eg, “Have a Project Kill Day – Set aside one day where you will work exclusively from the moment you wake up to one goal: killing your project list. Finish any big assignments and medium-sized tasks that might otherwise get pushed off. I’ve recently began batching all my writing (roughly 7000 words) work into just a day or two.” Scott Young

Coaching on effective email habits (from the NYT)

Other Noteworthy Insights
Eugene Lee is the new CEO of Socialtext