Welcome to 2013 – I hope you have had a great start to the New Year, wherever you have been. And I wish you every success in the coming year. With it being the middle of summer here in New Zealand, I have enjoyed a four week annual […]
I’m on annual vacation until January 14. It’s been a great year, and now it is time to share a few wonderful weeks with my family. If you have a book order, please place it as normal … and I’ll ship it out as normal. Until next year […]
Chris shares his perspective on government assistance: “I have friends trying to get off government assistance. It’s not easy, but it’s worth the trial. One has been separated from his family for several months as his only employment found was in another state. Another fears letting go of […]
One of the long-standing features in IBM Connections (and previous editions that were called Lotus Connections) is the ability to view the reporting structure of your organization. For someone visiting your profile and trying to figure out where you “fit in,” the reporting structure gives the answer. It […]
The writing continues for Doing Business with IBM Connections, my current book project. Yesterday I made the decision to add a new chapter to the book, in order to appropriately handle the question of Profiles. I was always going to deal with the collaboration scenario of Finding Expertise, […]
Alan shares his view on what will happen with the social business space in 2013, with the main theme being “less talking, more doing.” “My thoughts about 2013 are based on the hundreds of conversations I’ve had with social business product vendors and customers over the last twelve […]
Brig. General Steve Ritchie talks about the need for good communication in the military / organizations / families, and the story of rescuing Roger Locher – a great example of teamwork under challenging situations.
The US Immigration & Customs Enforcement agency is dropping the BlackBerry for 17,600 employees and moving to the iPhone. The reasoning behind the transition was recently published: “RIM’s BlackBerry phones have been favored by law enforcement agencies around the world because of the high-level of security they provided, […]
Over on CBR (Computer Business Review), Tineka asks whether your company is social yet (or not)? “Not only has social media changed the way people communicate with family and friends, it has also impacted the workplace by affecting how employees interact with each other. Email threads and more […]
In late September RIM showed off BlackBerry 10. It’s going to be available in late January 2013. Some of the coming changes: – a full touch screen, much like the current iPhone or Samsung Galaxy S III. There’s a pop-up on-screen keyboard on the device that was shown, […]
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