The May-June 2008 edition of Messaging News Magazine is out, with my article entitled The Changing Locus of Collaboration (starting on page 22): “There is a change underway in the world of collaboration within organizations, and it opens a whole new arena of collaborative possibilities. Rather than only […]
The People Part of Working with People You Can’t Be With Linne sets out the twelve conditions for success with collaborative work: (1) clear, real and compelling goals or tasks, (2) collaboration is really required, (3) individuals commit to collaboration, (4) organizational support for collaboration, and more. “Collaboration […]
The People Part of Working with People You Can’t Be With With the rising cost of gas, employees are likely to be more stressed on the job and less productive. Roy has some ideas on how to reduce the stress and improve productivity, such as telecommuting. “While some […]
Here’s the links to Michael’s most recent articles: Notes on “Is Green the New Black?” (August 2008) Roundup of Open Publish 2008 (July 2008) Notes on “We’re Catching Up” (Michael Sampson Keynote at Open Publish) (July 2008)
The People Part of Working with People You Can’t Be With Chuck from EMC reflects on a recent interaction with GE about SupportCentral, a social productivity platform that GE has been working on since 1999. “ … it became apparent that they had successfully rewired GE’s corporate DNA […]
… its servers can’t handle the load. That’s got to be a good sign, right?
The People Part of Working with People You Can’t Be With Network World reviewed how CoActive Digital implemented its Socialtext wiki, and in particular the steps taken to help staff move away from email to the new wiki. Key points in the approach: (1) pre-populating the group’s wiki […]
The People Part of Working with People You Can’t Be With Use TableTopics to stimulate ‘little’ conversations to build rapport and learn about distributed team members. “One of the challenges with distributed teams is that you never have the ‘little’ conversations that build rapport. Conversations like: “Is golf […]
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The Technology Trends of Working with People You Can’t Be With Alex wonders whether email is in danger (hat tip, Gavin), and explains the rise of various new tools to support electronic communication. “Since email was the first killer app for the web, it’s used for everything. We’re […]
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