In a recent Beyond the To-Do List podcast, Michael Sliwinski of Nozbe talks about modelling the behaviours he wants his team to put into practice in how they use Nozbe. Here’s the (slightly edited) extract that stood out to me (starting at 21m23s): “You don’t email me. I […]
With the introduction of some amazing mobile devices over recent years, it’s no surprise that we have witnessed growth in the number and diversity of devices carried around by people. I’m always carrying two (smartphone and laptop or tablet), often three (smartphone, laptop, and tablet), and sometimes four […]
On Quora someone asked about the difference between collaboration and cooperation. Danny was first to answer with: Collaboration is “working together toward a shared goal”. I don’t know the formal definition of cooperation but guess it means “working together”. People do not require a shared goal to cooperate. […]
Nicholas Bate writes a lot (is that an understatement?) on his blog about the Business of Life and the Life of Business. Most of his blog posts are short, pithy, and to the essential point … but the velocity and variety of posts makes it interesting (helpful, useful, […]
The first meeting of the recently rebranded Christchurch SharePoint User Group – now Christchurch Ignite – is meeting on April 5. There are two sessions in the two hour meeting: Session 1: University of Canterbury’s Collaboration Roadmap – Tom Norcliffe Tom Norcliffe, Information and Records Manager from the […]
When I started traveling a lot to speak at conferences, present workshops, and help organisations with their collaboration journey my luggage was … pretty basic. It worked, but it didn’t hold up well to my demanding life on the road. And some of the early new luggage and […]
I may have missed the earlier announcements but Microsoft is running a conference for business leaders called Envision. It’s on April 4-6 in New Orleans: Microsoft Envision is the newest addition to Microsoft’s big four-conference lineup, joining Microsoft Ignite (for technologists), Microsoft Build (for developers) and the Worldwide […]
The second meeting of the Christchurch Office 365 for Business group is on next week. Last month we looked at and discussed the Office 365 offering from Microsoft; this month we are looking at the opportunity to use Office 365 to enable hands-off IT services. The meeting is […]
A presentation in August 2016 at the Digital Workplace Conference 2016 in New Zealand, on Taking a Strategic Approach to Office 365.
Over the past year I have been doing a lot of work around the effective use of Office 365, and have been wanting to develop a group of people in Christchurch who are interested in making the most of Office 365 in their businesses and organisations. With the […]
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