On September 27th I’m going to be participating in a webinar (you get a free book for attending) with Brian Dirkling from Box, who is their director of enterprise marketing. This event is being hosted by Ping Identity which is a leader in cloud security and
At a recent client workshop the topic of information flow came up. Basically the discussion was around how information is handled via email versus how it is handled via a collaboration platform. The issue was that if a collaboration platform sends notifications for every action,
There is a bit of a clash (as has usually been the case) between business managers and IT professionals, especially when it comes to implementing collaboration solutions within the enterprise. Business managers see a unique opportunity to implement their own cloud solutions for their teams
There are situations where no matter how hard mid-level management or employees push something, upper management just remains oblivious. Successful collaboration initiatives have support from senior level management but sometimes management needs a bit of a wake up call. This happens more often than it
We underestimate the crucial role that marketing plays when it comes to enterprise collaboration initiatives. I’m not necessarily referring to the marketing department but to how the organization notifies and encourages employees to participate. When companies release a new product or service they spend a considerable
The Collaborative Organization is the first comprehensive strategy guide to emergent (using new social and collaborative software) collaboration in the enterprise and you should read it. I wrote the book because I saw a big gap in terms of strategic and educational resources on collaboration
I’ve received a few responses to some articles I have written over the past few weeks which all say things like “collaboration isn’t about technology it’s about culture.” I understand that very well and those of you that know me may recall that I’m a
Over the past few years collaborative platforms have evolved quite a bit. It’s important for us to consider what makes these collaborative tools what they are. In other words, “what are the capabilities that collaborative tools have now that we didn’t have years ago?” In
Oftentimes we focus on building strong relationships with people, strong ties. After all, the better we know someone and the stronger the relationship is, the more valuable it is for us right? It’s a bit counter-intuitive but in the workplace it is not the strong ties that
How often do you communicate or collaborate with colleagues that sit next do you? What about colleagues that are down the hall? How about colleagues that are hundreds or thousands of miles away? The farther employees are apart from each other the lower the chance
