Writing for CMSWire, Oscar from Sweden advocates focusing on improving practices via collaboration technology: “The key question is not if people have adopted a certain technology, but rather how they are using it and how new and improved practices are being adopted. For an organization that seeks to […]
Chris talks about the founding and early days of Dropbox, and why has a clear rule about investing in people, not ideas (emphasis added): “Well, it turned out storage is a hard problem and having an MIT storage guy who builds a great product actually matters. I don’t […]
Melba looks at the reasons why intelligent and well-meaning people resist change: “When you view resistance to change in the context of guarding the Performance Engine and apply it to your workplace, your boss’s resistance begins to look different and maybe even solveable. If someone is protecting her […]
NewsGator is hosting a webinar next week, at which Vinicius from Kraft Foods and Doug from Microsoft will talk about social business being about more than just the technology: “Kraft Foods is in the middle of a dramatic transformation to embed innovation into every aspect of its business. […]
Last November, I pointed to the announcement that Bayer Material Science in Germany was implementing Lotus Connections. This was of particular interest to me since I frequently hear about how the “privacy laws” in Germany make the adoption of collaboration and social tools inside organizations difficult. Kurt, the […]
Lamont shared his vision of next-generation team communication, with ideas such as: – Cloud-based team collaboration spaces; – Artifacts are in the tool, not in email; – The project workspace will be the key organizing metaphor; – My “calendar” and “task list” is an aggregation of items from […]
In article titled The Psychology of Repository Permanence, Deane writes: “I’ve worked in a fair amount of companies, and consulted with many others, and I’m starting to believe that a lot of the problems each one has had with document management boils down to one thing: lack of […]
Nancy Settle-Murphy contacted me late last year with an invitation to co-write an edition of her monthly newsletter. Once I was back from annual leave, we met by Skype and talked for an hour, then worked together on the draft document … and the result is now out. […]
Susan Scrupski, founder of the 2.0 Adoption Council, commented that an exclusive focus on adoption is a dead-end – and I agree: “For an early adopter market, adoption in this space always seems to get a bad rap. Why is that? Because adoption is not the end-game. It’s […]
Aliza at GigaOM outlined 5 reasons why corporate social tools fail, and what to do about it: “While millions of people interact daily in public-facing social media channels, there are a growing number of internal social media solutions for the enterprise, becoming modern-day intranets of sorts. But do […]
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