I had the chance to meet Tim van Gelder, founder and CEO of Austhink Software here in Melbourne. We spoke about the current software offered by Austhink — Rationale for argument mapping, and bCisive for business decision mapping — and then got into a wider discussion about the […]
Traveling internationally requires a 2 hour pre-flight check-in, so when you have a 6am flight, you have to be at the airport at 4am. It always makes me smile at the utter craziness of what you find at the airport at that time of the day — people […]
I was in a meeting earlier in the month with Julian Carver, head of strategy consulting firm Seradigm here in Christchurch New Zealand. The focus of the meeting was on embracing high performance networks and collaboration technology to enhance organizational performance, and the topic swung around to the […]
With the manuscript for my first book, Seamless Teamwork, almost wrapped up, I have been reflecting on the process of writing a book. If I do it again — and yes I have ideas of books that need to be written — I would do some things differently. […]
The People Part of Working with People You Can’t Be With Distributed teams are just not real, so let’s stop pretending, argues Tobias. “Distributed teams are not teams; they are at best a collection of people who communicate regularly. But communication is not collaboration; it is a poor […]
I am a great fan of frameworks and strategies that simplify work and decision making processes. Hence my interest in tools like workflow software — for capturing an agreed way of doing things and helping people do what they’ve agreed accurately time-after-time-after-time. Ditto for decision making processes … […]
The People Part of Working with People You Can’t Be With Purdue University is hosting the Conference for Collaboration and Innovation in September. “The Conference for Collaboration and Innovation will be held Sept. 14-17 in Stewart Center and will feature presentations on subjects including leadership and ethics, virtual […]
The People Part of Working with People You Can’t Be With Andy lives the lifestyle of global business nomad, and talks extensively about how he makes it work. “Since last October I’ve been living the life of a Global Nomad, learning more about what works and what’s best […]
The People Part of Working with People You Can’t Be With A recent survey found some disquiet about working with others at a distance. “Nearly half (48 percent) of workers polled said their jobs would be more difficult if they did not work in the same office as […]
The People Part of Working with People You Can’t Be With Dan Rose is asking people to draw what collaboration means to them — no words! See the pictures. Luis calls “unwanted feedback” one of the benefits of social software. “So you see, by being able to use […]
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