Posted by: Rodney Brim
I read an interesting blog this week from David Coleman, entitled
When Collaboration Doesn’t Work. He chose to focus on the possible
causes for a low level of collaboration. But his title question got me
thinking more specifically about the challenge of the situations in
which collaboration isn’t all that it is cracked up to be.
Frankly, sometimes collaboration is a poor use of time, sometimes it
doesn’t really help, doesn’t really help generate ...
Posted by: Rodney Brim
Does task management software create the most value if it plays to
your strengths, or covers for your weaknesses? Before you answer
that, do you know what your strengths are in the life-cycle of task
management? Hm, I wonder what’s coming to your mind.
When I talk to people about task management software, they aren’t
focusing on themselves, their strengths and weaknesses in the life-
cycle of managing tasks. In fact, when I ask people ...
You could really help yourself today at work if you changed the way
you think about collaboration. Think of it as a teeter-totter that you
can shift to either a low or high value side. How do you make the shift?
That’s what this blog is about… keep reading.
Collaboration is a common word today. It gets tagged with a broad
range of meanings and usages. Perhaps you think of it as meaning
simply working together, or attending a common meeting, ...
I’m struck with an ongoing thought about outcomes and how closely it is
tied to whether communication is collaborative or not, versus a host of
other things… such as defensive, competitive, posturing, soap boxing,
and history retelling are just a few things that come to mind.
This morning I’m looking at a blog from Roy Luebke - Why Management by
Consensus is Killing Innovation. He’s pointing out the need for surfacing
diversity ...
I think what gets defined as collaboration and
collaboration software today misses the mark.
Collaboration seems to get trapped in the
structure or schema of information sharing as
defined by a shared repository of documents,
instant messaging and/or a shared web meeting.
Collaboration certainly includes information
sharing, but what if collaboration is really much
more? What if it’s a lot like ball room dancing?
The skill and practice involved in knowing the steps,
the art of following and leading, the art of listening
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