The February 2008 edition of Messaging News is out, and my article for this edition is entitled Investing in Collaboration Tools. “It is a huge responsibility to be charged with articulating and implementing a collaboration strategy for an organization. Fundamentally, it requires structuring the way that people interact […]
So much for a quick transition from the QWERTY keyboard to the Dvorak layout. Now, after 5 months of only typing Dvorak for at least 6 hours a day, I can still only type 45 words a minute. I have not yet regained the speed that I was […]
The November/December 2007 edition of Messaging News is on the Web. My article in this edition is entitled The Four Habits of an Effective Collaborative Individual: “Collaboration” denotes a group of people working together towards a mutually desired outcome. It is an accepted concept to describe organizational reality—people […]
“Christmas”. In earlier years, Christmas was associated with holidays (it’s summer down here), tenting, swimming and lazing at the beach, extra time with Dad (who wasn’t working), excitement, maybe a visit to the hydroslides (oh what joy). Later it meant a snatched day off, as money had to […]
Well it’s happened. Elizabeth Victoria Sampson was born about an hour ago … 2.54am New Zealand time on Friday December 21, or 5.54am Pacific time on Thursday. She weighed in at 9-14, slightly more than her older sister, but a lot less than one of her brothers (Tim, […]
The Michael Sampson Company Limited is focused on leading people and organizations to success with collaboration (the company used to be called Collaboration Success Advisors). It is led by Michael Sampson, and serves an international roster of clients from New Zealand. For details of how and where we […]
This has *really* annoyed me for the past month or two … I thought it was Microsoft Word for the Mac giving up, but this proves that Apple was at fault.
For those that run, a RoadID is a great way to speak up for yourself if something bad should happen when you are out and about. However, the RoadID can also be used as a neat way for reminding yourself (or a loved one) about key priorities for […]
During his work at Shared Spaces, Michael wrote a lot about collaboration. However, the premier contribution was the 7 Pillars of IT-Enabled Team Productivity series, a vendor-neutral framework that outlines the key technology underpinnings of an IT environment wanting to enhance team productivity. Here are the links: 7 […]
(hat tip, Aaron for the picture … much better than the ones I have of Marc) At about 3pm on Sunday, Sue lost her husband, Becca and Jason a father, the Orchant family a beloved son and brother, Oliver his best friend, and the rest of the tech […]
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