“The spreadsheet I received says 20% growth, year-on-year,” Bob says as the meeting starts. “But the one I got says 17% growth,” Gareth says, before Bob can say much more. “Mine says 25%,” Judith adds. And so the argument begins, and what should have been an hour of […]
David Zweig, a Professor at the University of Toronto, commented on the problem of focusing on building knowledge sharing systems rather than focusing on the human barriers to knowledge sharing: “Puzzled as to why some companies were having trouble getting employees to share ideas and tips, the University […]
eProductivity Stand-alone, a GTD-approved add-in for users of Lotus Notes, has officially launched: “ eProductivity (www.eproductivity.com) announced today the launch of its new eProductivity Stand-alone app for IBM Lotus Notes users. Like other eProductivity apps, eProductivity Stand-alone helps Lotus Notes users stay successful while managing the flood of […]
Fujitsu released results from a recent survey of IT managers in the UK (and maybe Ireland) on collaboration and SharePoint: “The research – commissioned by Fujitsu – shows that of all collaboration technologies, SharePoint is by far the most common. 92% of enterprise organisations using collaboration software use […]
Recommind announced the results of surveying 200 CIOs and IT directors in large UK organizations about key pain points with information management: “The research, conducted in conjunction with the InfoRiskAwareness Project, highlighted that more than one third (36 percent) of all UK CIOs and IT directors cited email […]
I spoke on IBF24 this afternoon (my time) on user adoption for social tools. If you are a member of IBFLive you can listen to the recording. A few key points from my 20 minutes: – User adoption requires intentional effort. It doesn’t just happen. “Overnight success stories” […]
Last week, my post The Right Way to Get Employees to Collaborate was posted on The BrainYard: “A lot of my work in recent years has been with companies that have approached SharePoint the wrong way. You know the drill: The boys and girls in IT get shiny […]
You've Got Collaboration Tools – Now What? Last week at Intranets2011 in Sydney, I presented the Thursday morning keynote entitled You’ve Got Collaboration Tools – Now What? My deck is above, albeit with a few minor edits. In-slide links: – Slide 6, SharePoint Roadmap for Collaboration. – Slide […]
After the keynote this morning (which was my presentation) at Intranets2011, James Dellow kicked into creating a social workplace with your intranet. See James on the web at chieftech.com.au. Key points: – Companies are made out of people. Starting question: after you’ve explained “social” to a CxO, what […]
David linked to my blog post about balancing contributions during face-to-face meetings, and commented on his web site about encouraging quieter people to speak up: “One thing, I think never works, whether it’s a facilitator or technology, is trying to explicitly draw the quieter people into the conversation. […]
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