Virgin Media in the UK is deploying a suite of tools from Cisco to support company-wide collaboration: “Virgin Media, one of the UK’s entertainment and digital communications companies has taken a step to becoming a more social business. It is deploying Cisco collaboration tools to its 15,000 workers. […]
Nicholas thinks that hot-desking doesn’t work: “Organisations love hot-desking. It’s what cool and virtual and edgey organisations do. ‘People should be out selling’ snaps the sales director. ‘Avoid stress and work from home’ adds the nice lady in HR. These are good points. But ask anyone who has […]
SeV launched the Transformer Jacket that switches from jacket to vest via magnets: “The Transformer Jacket’s 12 powerful rare-earth magnets allow you to transform from jacket to vest in the blink of an eye…and back again just as easily. We call it our TEC-MAGTM system, and it’s unlike […]
David from ZDNet argues that Windows 8 matters for real work: “Listen, forget about smartphones and tablets for five minutes, will ya? I want to talk to you about real computers, computers that do actual work, not just play Angry Birds and help you check in when you’re […]
Over on Focus, Linda asks how to collaborate with someone with whom you need to work with who is arrogant and unbearable: “Once every few years I come across someone in a phone interaction who is so full of themselves it makes you go nuts! For professional reasons […]
With SAP’s acquisition of SuccessFactors, Taleo used a late January 2012 edition of BusinessWeek to call attention to its continued focus on customers, rather than its own pending M&A (see ad above – click for a larger image as required). And then in early February, Oracle announced its […]
Tim from ISW in Australia writes about the role of gamification techniques to unlock hidden collaboration potential: ““If you can measure it you can improve it” is an old business adage that is easily applied to performance criteria such as manufacturing output levels or sales quotas. But, how […]
In a month I will be in Utrecht for Congres Intranet 2012. I will be speaking on making collaboration work in organizations, and how the Intranet can be used as part of this. Here’s my session description: “Het intranet kan een geschikt platform zijn om samenwerking binnen uw […]
The current government in New Zealand is rethinking how to deliver public services, and where new technology can make a difference: “Technology will replace face-to-face contact as the Government continues its squeeze on the public service. Prime Minister John Key has met executives from internet giant Google as […]
Over on The Smarter Office blog, I published my latest post – Developing a Cultural Ethos of Collaboration: “In January I attended a major collaboration focused conference in the United States — IBM’s Lotusphere 2012. Over 5,000 people converged in one location to listen, learn, celebrate, and eat […]
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