An Anti-Creativity Checklist – User Adoption Implications
Great video from Youngme Moon on how to kill creativity. Many of these 14 ideas can be used to kill new collaboration approaches and tools … too.
VW and Little Darth Vader
I think my children will like this ad … all Darth Vader needs to do differently at the end is pull out his red light saber.
Virtual Meetings: Design for Worst-Case Scenarios for Best Outcomes
Nancy Settle-Murphy from Guided Insights writes a monthly newsletter about effective virtual teams. In her newsletter for February, she writes about being prepared for the bad things that can derail virtual meetings: “Normally, I ascribe to the 80/20 rule when it comes to planning meetings or designing training. […]
SharePoint Conferences in Australia and New Zealand
For those of you in Australia and New Zealand, there are two SharePoint conferences in the first half of March 2011: – in Australia, on March 8-9. – in New Zealand, on March 16-17. I can’t attend either this year due to other commitments, but I have very […]
Talking about Mobility – a Briefing Paper by Martin White
Martin White from Intranet Focus has just published a new briefing paper on enterprise information mobility: “Enterprise Information Mobility (EIM) is my term for providing access to enterprise information, and indeed external information resources, over mobile smartphones. I’ve been tracking developments for a couple of years, and over […]
Lotusphere 2011 – Some Notes from Afar
This week the Lotus faithful are meeting in Orlando for the annual Lotusphere 2011 conference. I’ve never been to the conference, but I was invited to attend as an analyst this year. Despite the “most-expenses-paid” offer (thanks IBM), and that I would have loved to attend, I declined […]
FOCUS: Electronic Devices and Travel
Over at Focus.com, John recently asked What electronic devices (phone, laptop, etc …) do you travel with? In just over a week, it’s had 17 answers. Looking over the 17 answers, a phone and laptop are the two essential items. Some people carry a lot more – like […]
Handling the Headwind
I headed to University in February 1990, to start what became a 5-year stint of formal learning. I loved my time there, and have been back since, but the journey started in 1990. To coincide with starting University, I spent $1000 on a black Diamond Back mountain bike, […]
Off to Melbourne (February 7-8)
I’m heading to Melbourne next week, for a two-day private workshop. Unlike my usual travels, when I give the workshop, this time I’m going to listen to the presenter and how they talk about collaboration, user adoption, and business enhancement. I’m expecting lots of good stuff, and lots […]
Wanted: Consultant for Practice Management System Evaluation in New Zealand
One of my clients works for an accountancy and tax advisory firm. His firm is looking for a consultant in New Zealand to help them choose a practice management system. The following aspects about the consultant are important to the client: – They know about business intelligence and […]
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