Collaboration: Let’s Start Focusing on the How-To’s
There are a lot of great and valuable resources that talk about why collaboration is important (customer, partner, and employee) and why it’s valuable to organizations. While these conversations are still important to have I think we’ve reached a time when we need to start focusing more on the strategic and tactical side of how [...]
Collaboration is a Business Requirement
I find it interesting that when it comes to collaboration; oftentimes it still need to be sold as a line item. I mean, doesn’t that seem a bit ridiculous that a company needs to have someone explain why they need something that can connect their employees together? Some companies have some type of tool in [...]
Is Motivation Really the Best Strategy for Emergent Collaboration?
I’ve really become quite fond of the work that Simon Sinek and Brene Brown have been doing (independently). I was at a client conference in Vegas last week and was fortunate enough to hear Dr. Brown speak live at the event. Both Simon and Brene talk quite a bit about motivation and inspiration, two things [...]
There is No Perfect Strategy for Emergent Collaboration
The more I work with and research organizations deploying emergent collaboration strategies and technologies the clearer it becomes that there is no catch-all strategy. Even if you define a thorough set of use cases and create a 100 page strategy document there are always going to be surprises and things that come your way that [...]
