The People Part of Working with People You Can’t Be With With the rising cost of gas, employees are likely to be more stressed on the job and less productive. Roy has some ideas on how to reduce the stress and improve productivity, such as telecommuting. “While some […]
The People Part of Working with People You Can’t Be With Chuck from EMC reflects on a recent interaction with GE about SupportCentral, a social productivity platform that GE has been working on since 1999. “ … it became apparent that they had successfully rewired GE’s corporate DNA […]
The People Part of Working with People You Can’t Be With Network World reviewed how CoActive Digital implemented its Socialtext wiki, and in particular the steps taken to help staff move away from email to the new wiki. Key points in the approach: (1) pre-populating the group’s wiki […]
The People Part of Working with People You Can’t Be With Use TableTopics to stimulate ‘little’ conversations to build rapport and learn about distributed team members. “One of the challenges with distributed teams is that you never have the ‘little’ conversations that build rapport. Conversations like: “Is golf […]
The Technology Trends of Working with People You Can’t Be With Alex wonders whether email is in danger (hat tip, Gavin), and explains the rise of various new tools to support electronic communication. “Since email was the first killer app for the web, it’s used for everything. We’re […]
The Technology Trends of Working with People You Can’t Be With OnlineGroups.net released Version 1.0 of GroupServer, its email collaboration tool for enterprises. The GroupServer software is available as open source for enterprise customers, and others can use it via the hosted service OnlineGroups.net. From ComputerWorld NZ: “The […]
The People Part of Enterprise Collaboration and Virtual Teams The NHS is kicking off an early adopter programme for its new SharePoint 2007 and Office 2007 deployment. “The Knowledge Worker Tools (KWT) project is part of the NHS CUI Programme. Our aim is to enable improved personal productivity, […]
The People Part of Enterprise Collaboration and Virtual Teams Sam suggests that its time to give up the Enterprise Filing Cabinet and embrace the Enterprise Octopus. “The Enterprise Octopus turns things right-side up. It introduces a geographic head to the Enterprise and it’s in the head where all […]
The People Part of Enterprise Collaboration and Virtual Teams Stop relying on email so much, and pick up the phone! Three keys to good phone presence: (a) sound energetic, (b) don’t multitask, and (c) when in doubt, pause. “But whether you’re sending an e-mail or making a phone […]
The People Part of Enterprise Collaboration and Virtual Teams Sun Microsystems released some good data points about the benefits of telecommuting (hat tip, Jessica). “Sun found that its U.S. employees worked at home an average of 2.1 days per week in 2007. In doing so, they saved an […]
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