The Altimeter Group has reached the same conclusion as I have: without the proper approach to enterprise social networking it will fail: “Enterprise social networking (ESN) software can improve communication and collaboration among employees, but most companies aren’t implementing and using these products properly, leading to unmet goals, […]
Nicholas writes about growing up and rites of passage: “For us as individuals there are many rites of passage which handled well allow us to ‘grow up’. To become the person who can do amazing things and contribute to family, firm and society. It’s similar for an organisation. […]
John talks about the need to design the learning experiences at meetings, rather than leaving them up to chance: ““For far too long, meeting professionals have been in the planning business. We plan on inviting the same people to the same meeting to discuss the same issues, yet […]
I’ve just posted on the effectiveness of travel on The Smarter Office blog: “At the end of next week I’m jumping aboard a Boeing 777 jet in New Zealand and heading up to Europe for a week of business from March 12-16. I’ll be in Utrecht on Monday […]
Shawn explores the role of culture in performance at organizations: “Culture is a balanced blend of human psychology, attitudes, actions, and beliefs that combined create either pleasure or pain, serious momentum or miserable stagnation. A strong culture flourishes with a clear set of values and norms that actively […]
Carol comments on a recent MIT study that found that 80% of breakthrough innovations didn’t occur in training sessions or formal meetings. The breakthroughs came through informal / chance encounters: “In other words, innovation is less a product of structured processes and more a result of informal conversations. […]
Mike Richardson from My Driving Seat offers a variety of strategies for having productive / agile meetings, including: “Map your meeting: Create a standing agenda and a master spreadsheet with tabs relevant to each agenda item with the expected inputs, throughputs and outputs. That way, the meetings are […]
Over on The Smarter Office blog, I posted on etiquette and efficiency when collaborating: “From an etiquette point-of-view, if you want to talk to someone directly, I feel that it’s best to ask permission via a text-based instant message first. “yt?” (short-hand for “Are you there?”) is a […]
In his series of Strategies for Success, Nicholas writes about the need for a system of organization: “A system of organisation, that’s what. It’s got to give you access to what you need, when you need it. It’s got to allow you to focus on the vital few. […]
Frank outlines four thinking styles in meetings, by mapping focus (single, multiple) against perspectives (single, multiple): “By FOCUS I refer to: What does the assembled group want to get out of the meeting? What is the intended outcome? Too often we venture into meetings (me included) with very […]
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