Andrew shares the thinking and practices of Parse.ly’s fully distributed team, looking at the history underlying his way of managing the firm, the role of face-to-face communication, and how to work day-to-day in a distributed environment. It’s a good case study, conveying some great ideas. Here’s the piece […]
Yesterday I presented a condensed version of the driving effective use workshop, albeit without a specific Office 365 focus. The “masterclass” was presented online to 10-12 people in Australia. After setting the scene (“What Does Effective Use Look Like?”), one of the questions from a delegate in the […]
A couple of months ago, Sue at The Wall Street Journal wrote about the challenge of managing a long-distance relationship with your boss. Her opening statement: It’s the toughest long-distance relationship: employee and boss. More of us than ever are working from home or other remote locations, and […]
During a phone call in late January, Fred (not his real name) asked: I’m working in Office 365 and SharePoint and sharing a lot of knowledge and content. But it’s all knowledge management. Where’s the collaboration? I have a couple of answers, albeit without having the opportunity to […]
Derek offers his experiences and advice on learning JavaScript. If you don’t want to learn JavaScript though, there are some excellent principles of deep learning in his post: Build a real foundation and solid understanding. Don’t start with “little bits.” Go with multiple learning pathways at the same […]
Nicholas Bate wrote “the priority of team work is not fun” (#10 in the list). I wrote to him and asked for clarification: Did you mean “team work is a priority, and it’s hard work to get it right,” or “the priority of team work is not to […]
On Quora someone asked about the difference between collaboration and cooperation. Danny was first to answer with: Collaboration is “working together toward a shared goal”. I don’t know the formal definition of cooperation but guess it means “working together”. People do not require a shared goal to cooperate. […]
Nicholas Bate writes a lot (is that an understatement?) on his blog about the Business of Life and the Life of Business. Most of his blog posts are short, pithy, and to the essential point … but the velocity and variety of posts makes it interesting (helpful, useful, […]
In the April 2014 edition of the 360 Magazine by Steelcase, is this diagram of how people spend their time at work. The research data is based on a collection of Steelcase studies. My takeaways: – confirms my perspective that most collaboration is in small group settings, and […]
As a university student in the early 1990s I somehow convinced my parents that having a laptop for my studies was absolutely essential (!!!), and borrowed from them the required stack of cash to purchase a Toshiba laptop. It was rare to have a laptop in the classroom […]
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