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Entries in Barriers (3)

Thursday
Mar042010

You assessed the State of Collaboration, and we created charts

Updated on 25 December 2010 by Registered CommenterLokesh Datta

Here we provide a graphical representation of the survey responses we received on the State of Collaboration. Three main messages emerged from our survey responses. 1) Complex collaboration is already a significant work activity for many people, and will only grow in importance. 2) Successful collaboration requires mostly the good principles of project management applied to dispersed teams. 3) Keep it simple on the collaboration tools.

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Thursday
Apr162009

Email: A Barrier to Effective Collaboration?

Updated on 24 December 2010 by Registered CommenterLokesh Datta

Email remains the most popular tool, according to a Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Adobe, to understand how knowledge workers collaborate in European countries. Adoption of Enterprise 2.0 technologies such as wikis, blogs and other collaboration platforms remains low. Due to familiarity with email and lack of awareness, trust and training in collaboration tools – perhaps even a lack of collaboration technology infrastructure – emails with attachments remain the primary means.

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Tuesday
Mar102009

connect ● collaborate ● create

It is the “connect” part that keeps breaking down barriers and opening new frontiers. As the “connect” part changes, it has profound implications for how we collaborate and create.