The Technology Trends of Enterprise Collaboration and Virtual Teams

• Nick argues that tools like persistent chat can be effectively used in organizations to solve “wicked problems”; and he notes the other side benefits too (eg, the ability to be involved in multiple wicked problems at any time).
• 5pm added email integration to its collaborative work system, for outbound notifications and inbound submissions.

Insights on Being Productive and Effective as an Individual

• With an increasing proportion of our work being technology-mitigated, why do so few people take the time to attend training? “I would argue, hard, that these days, if you have the will, you’ll find the way (including time) to learn. If you don’t, any excuse will do, and time is a good one since everyone is so starved for it these days. Funny thing is that time spent learning usually ends up providing you with ways to make each of those precious minutes count a bit more. As Alanis Morissette would say, isn’t it ironic?“
• Three keys to stay focused on the most important things in your life: (a) practice regular focus on one thing for 15 minutes, (b) plan your next day today, and (c) ask someone to watch you work for an hour and then give feedback on what they saw.
• You can only focus on four things at a time, give or take. That’s why multi-tasking is so hard.