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26 April 2010 Tweet
Updated on 25 December 2010 by
Lokesh Datta
We outlined our Taxonomy of Collaboration Tools in an earlier post. In this post, we focus on Engaging/Networking tools for collaboration. For each type of Engaging/Networking tool, we offer a brief description of its purpose and a list of such tools.
27 January 2010 Tweet Given the revolutionary changes in the wireless industry, how does this change the collaboration ecosystem or does it? Is this going to be an example of teams everywhere jumping on the wireless bandwagon? Personally, I want a smartphone, they are just too cool not to have at least one. OK, so what?
14 January 2010 Tweet
Updated on 24 December 2010 by
Lokesh Datta
In Short Stories From The Front people mentioned that brainstorming within a virtual team was difficult to impossible; for example, “Especially brainstorming in a virtual team is almost impossible.”; and, “The virtual world will never deliver the value of the hallway conversation.” Why is it so difficult? We aren’t living in the stone ages! In the stone ages we could run down the hall to our local “guru’s” office and solve a problem. A few hours later we would emerge feeling happy
04 January 2010 Tweet
Updated on 24 December 2010 by
Lokesh Datta
In earlier posts, we discussed the Fundamental Differences between Collaboration and Social Networks, and Objectives of Players in Collaboration Networks. We offer here a model for content in collaboration networks, CAST: Create, Aggregate, Segment and Target. The CAST model is an analytical framework for leveraging content in Collaboration Networks.
24 December 2009 Tweet
Updated on 24 December 2010 by
Lokesh Datta
Is Facebook or Twitter the answer for improving collaboration? Is “Facebook for Enterprise” or “Twitter for Enterprise” the answer? Probably not! They are hammers, and quite effective at that for their purpose, but look for the right nails. Oh, and also watch out for paving the cow path. Social networking sites use impressive tools that can be utilized for collaboration networks for the enterprise. But, we must not forget to pick the right horse for the course. Remember, the enterprise reluctantly adopted IM but never the whole AOL walled-garden. And, they have been right!
