The First Bound Copy …
I had my manuscript for Seamless Teamwork bound yesterday. At 250 pages, 75,000 words and 150 or so screenshots, it is starting to feel real. October 6 … Amazon … it’s coming …
WWPYCBW: Strategy and People (August 13, 2008)
Contents at a Glance – Universal McCann links its Offices – Challenges of Working Virtually – Quick Links Universal McCann links its Offices Universal McCann, a global communications firm, has been exploring social networking tools to enhance communication between its 60 offices and 3000 people. Key technologies: Microsoft […]
WWPYCBW: Strategy and People (August 7, 2008)
Contents at a Glance – Matt’s planning a Collaboration Open Space – How Did We Get Reduced to File Sharing? – How are you learning to do virtual work? Matt’s Planning a Collaboration Open Space Following on from some discussions at Open Publish last week about the people […]
Thanks Chan!
I have the rest of this week to finish Seamless Teamwork … so there’s a lot of plates spinning here at the moment. But I must interrupt what I’m doing and shout out a big thanks to Chan Kulathilake from Knowledge Cue for his work in getting my […]
How to Write a Book
With the manuscript for my first book, Seamless Teamwork, almost wrapped up, I have been reflecting on the process of writing a book. If I do it again — and yes I have ideas of books that need to be written — I would do some things differently. […]
Working with People You Can't Be With Daily Report (July 11, 2008)
The People Part of Working with People You Can’t Be With Linne sets out the twelve conditions for success with collaborative work: (1) clear, real and compelling goals or tasks, (2) collaboration is really required, (3) individuals commit to collaboration, (4) organizational support for collaboration, and more. “Collaboration […]
David on the Dedication for Seamless Teamwork
I read out the two draft dedications I have written for Seamless Teamwork to Katrina and my oldest son, David (12), yesterday. Katrina’s immediate reaction to the first one was “You can’t write that!”, but to the second one she said “That’s really cool!” David didn’t say anything […]
Amazon Knows About My Book!
I was speaking with Sandra, my Project Editor at Microsoft Press, earlier today and asked if my book was up on Amazon yet. She said “Yes”, and indeed it is there … and available for pre-ordering. And it’s actually available on September 24 … so we’re getting that […]
Speaking at … KMWorld & Intranets 2008 (San Jose, CA)
Well it’s official … I will be speaking at the KMWorld & Intranets 2008 conference in San Jose CA during the latter part of September. This is my first time at KMWorld, and the conference blurb reads: “Driving Enterprise Innovation & Achievement: User-Focused Tools & Practices The 12th […]
Who is on the Team? … and What Do We Know About Them?
Content for Seamless Teamwork. Some of the screen shots are quite wide … right click them and open them in a different window or tab to see all of the details. One of the choices a team needs to make when using SharePoint is whether to accept “good […]
