Category: Culture & Competency

Why Collaborate?

Over on The Smarter Office blog, I posted Why Collaborate? An (Almost) A to Z. But, I’m missing six of the letters. Do you have any ideas for completing the A to Z? Bonus Points If you live in Western Europe, there are three Plantronics Savi W740 headsets […]

Nicholas on Fatigue, "Regularly Rest the Mind"

The insightful Nicholas Bate gives (one of many) parting shots for the end of 2011: “There’s an almost delicious fatigue which comes with appropriate physical activity. Five-a-side football after work, chopping wood for the wood-burner high in the Pyrenees, carrying your three-year old high on your shoulders through […]

What is Collaboration?

I published a blog post on the Plantronics Smarter Office blog yesterday, called What is Collaboration? “Let’s start at the very beginning: what is collaboration? The root word is composed of two parts: “co” and “labor.” “Co” means “together,” and we all know that labour means work! So […]

Polycom UC Board – Polycom with eBeam Inside

Polycom released the Polycom UC Board, a Polycom-branded version of the eBeam whiteboard add-on: “Polycom, Inc., the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), today unveiled an innovative whiteboard solution, the Polycom UC Board, which improves communication and collaboration in video conferences by allowing meeting participants to leverage […]