Yesterday I posted on The Smarter Office about coworking spaces: “The tools we have available for connecting, communicating, and collaborating with coworkers, colleagues, and far-flung team members means that it’s entirely possible to live and work in a remote location — hidden in the forests of France, the […]
During my talk on collaboration at Intranets 2012 in Sydney last week, one of the attendees asked this question (and it was the second time in two months that I’d heard the same question – different people, but the same two cultures): “In my firm, we are working […]
Collaboration: Something Old, Something Bold, Something Cold View more PowerPoint from Michael Sampson Here’s my slides from my presentation at Intranets 2012 today. I talked about three main ideas – trying to sound the warning about pushing the collaboration concept too far: – (1) collaboration isn’t a silver […]
When I was in Atlanta for the inaugural SHARE conference a couple of weeks ago, I presented a keynote entitled Winning the Right to Seek Executive Support. My video is above – if you weren’t able to attend … enjoy. (There’s a few references during my keynote to […]
I receive many story pitches every day, and ignore most of them as being irrelevant. This one stood out today … Peter Weddle, author of A Multitude of Hope: A Novel About Rediscovering the American Dream, opines about reclaiming work: “Boomers – and all working Americans, for that […]
At the Share2012 conference in Atlanta last week, Christian Buckley from Axceler asked me the one thing question: “What’s the one thing people need to know about SharePoint 2010?” My answer is above. Thanks Christian – it was great to meet you (finally) and share ideas.
On The Smarter Office blog this week, I wrote about three keys to being effective with virtual teams: “What do you call a team of people who always meet face-to-face around a meeting table and whiteboard? Adjectives such as minority, rarity, and old-school spring to my mind. As […]
The biggest challenge in the enterprise – what is SharePoint, and what does it mean for the organization? – Biggest problem – what is SharePoint? It can mean so many different things. – Key principle: “Technology provides no benefits of its own; it is the application of technology […]
Qumu released the results of a recent survey about the power, effectiveness, productivity implications, and appropriate use of video in the enterprise: “Qumu … announced the results of its April 2012 Business Video Behavior Project, which looked at the topic of Employee Generated Content (EGC) in the enterprise. […]
Over on The Smarter Office blog, I just posted an infographic that looks at the rise of virtual working over the past decade: “It’s common practice that most of us spend some time each day working with remote team members and colleagues, but it’s a reality that is […]
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