The third step of taking a strategic approach to the use of Office 365 focuses on creating the right organisational context for achieving value. This is founded on the principle that any particular thing exists within a wider environment, and the wider environment either enables or constrains that […]
The next meetup for the Office 365 for Business group in Christchurch is now scheduled: Tuesday August 2, at 5.30pm. Exploring Co-Authoring in Office 365: What’s on Offer, and How to Use It The concept of co-authoring is to enable two or more people to work together on […]
Somewhere in a meeting room of a collaboration software vendor around the world, I imagine the following brainstorm is currently taking place: “Have you heard about this new Pokemon Go game? It’s making people get up and move in the real world.” “We already provide great tools to […]
On LinkedIn last week: By any current measure that I have seen, the adoption rates of Office 365 are going more than well. The most recent report from a week ago said that “in the last two years, Office 365 has eclipsed all other cloud providers to emerge […]
On LinkedIn: As an advocate for organisations to embrace new digital tools to enable a re-imagining of work, much of my focus over the past decade has been on showing the benefits of taking that path. [SNIP] I was thinking about this whole issue again a few days […]
I don’t bank with ASB Bank in New Zealand, and neither of the two banks I do business with offer this capability, but I was thinking about (okay, passionately arguing to myself about) one of the digital transformations introduced to the customer experience by ASB Bank while I […]
In the series: – Re-Imagining Effective Work (aka Digital Transformation) – What Is This? The re-imagining discipline / mindset / methodology isn’t content to stop at how new tools—of which Office 365 is but one example—impact work practice. If you embrace the work practice transformations as the first step, […]
The umbrella. Re-imagined. Process: 1. observe current state (we all do this with umbrellas – but don’t go beyond here; we accept what is). 2. imagine a different state. 3. do something about it.
I was catching up with a client a few days ago about current status in their organisation, and he mentioned that due to business conditions, the IT budget had been slashed to a third of what it was at the beginning of the year. And since they’d already […]
There are two opening keynotes at the upcoming Digital Workplace Conference in Auckland. I’m doing one and Jordana Borensztajn is doing one. Here’s her session: Bringing Creativity Into Your Digital World In today’s digital world, we’ve all become content creators. Whether you’re building your company’s intranet, developing a […]
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