On The Smarter Office blog last week, I posted Executive Support for New Initiatives—Four Thoughts, and What’s Your Experience?: “In three and a bit weeks I’ll be in Atlanta for the first Share Conference in the United States. The Share Conference is all about bringing together business users […]
On The Smarter Office blog, I asked earlier this week How Do You Collaborate Best?: “There are many ways of collaborating — working with other people towards a common outcome. Collaboration enjoys a broad definition, and thus can support many styles. Being gregarious, loud, and larger-than-life may be […]
Over on The Hub Designs Network, Dan recently wrestled with the topic of getting executive buy-in. The article is filled with good pragmatic advice, and this gem leapt off the page: “Constantly be trying to build bridges and relationships between yourself and different parts of the business. Executive […]
In my book Collaboration Roadmap, I write about the place of executive support in adoption of new collaboration technologies and approaches to work. When executives get behind new approaches – in deeds more than just words – the results are impressive. But I also make it clear that […]
Writing for the Harvard Business Review blog network, Tammy Erickson talks about the role of organizational hubs to encourage and enhance collaboration. The “hub” is a person who curates what’s going on and both shares it more widely in the organization and also suggests connections for people who […]
SmartDraw is on a mission to improve meetings. In an email newsletter today, it shared the following research statistics: “1. There are estimated to be more than 11 million business meetings in the US every day. 2. Most executives attend about 62 meetings every month. 3. An average […]
Encouraging and Facilitating Collaboration at Work Last week I keynoted at Congres Intranet 2012 in Utrecht. My keynote was on encouraging and facilitating collaboration at work. A slightly revised deck is above – I’ve taken out the extra slides that only work when presented in person. Here’s some […]
Last week I had a flying visit to the Netherlands, Belgium, and London. On Tuesday I keynoted at Congres Intranet 2012 on facilitating and encouraging collaboration. My video post-keynote is above. I had a lot of fun at the conference, although I didn’t fully comprehend the implications for […]
While in London last week, I posted Pay Attention to Quality in Collaborative Interactions on The Smarter Office blog. I wrote about the need for quality in audio, video, and text-based collaborative interactions. Here’s the paragraph about quality in audio interactions: “In an audio setting, having a high […]
San mentions three benefits from being a social business: collaboration, mobility, and employee retention. On employee retention, San says: “… social businesses benefit from increased and global collaboration, as well as mobility, to ensure the whole team feels a part of the decision making process. By building a […]
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