How to Communicate Your Needs At Work

How to Communicate Your Needs At Work When people come to understand the disadvantages of ordering others about, some can over-compensate by avoiding all forms of telling. This can lead to frustration, inaction and disconnection. One of the things these awakening folks can struggle with is communicating their needs to others. Because they shy away from …Read More

Why is AI Critical to Collaboration?

When you listen to the news and predictions of millions of people losing their jobs to robots and AI, this is really not new, it has been happening for the last 20 years. Although it will displace some workers, my guess is that many of those workers can be retrained to do things computers and…

Bioteaming and Collaboration

“Natural selection is not a master engineer, but a tinkerer” Jerry A. Coyne, “Why Evolution is True” Many of nature’s mistakes are contained in the fossil record, but there are many of nature’s creations that are very effective and have lasted (virtually unchanged) for millions of years (the shark for example). David Zinger did a…

Virtual Reality and Collaboration

Virtual Reality (VR) is certainly the hot topic today, but it is not a silver bullet that will cure all collaboration problems, and mysteriously make collaborative interactions go flawlessly. What we are starting to see more of today is things like Augmented Reality (AR) that build upon traditional displays of information (like heads up displays)…

Got Feedback? Don’t Wait To Give It!

I believe every manager wants to be the best they can be, but busy schedules, and conflicting priorities can get in the way. So I thought – “why can’t a piece of simple software handle all the boring/routine administrative tasks, and give managers nearly automatic insight into the state of their team?” I sat on this idea for over 2 years, and decided in late 2015 I had to pursue it.

FIVE THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT FACILITATION FROM MY SPINNING INSTRUCTOR

In 2014 I fell in love with spinning. I straddled the Schwinn for the first time on June 1st. A year later, I am a believer. I am not a church-goer, but the place where I spin, Reve, has become my religion, and my favourite instructor, Carolyn, is my pastor.

After a few sessions with her, it dawned on me why I am so enamoured with her teaching style. I recognised techniques she uses that are equally important in skilful facilitation.

Microsoft Growing UC&C Capabilities and Value

Microsoft has been talking about several innovations within their UC&C portfolio of applications recently. Three that caught my eye were – Real time language translations as part of Skype, delivery of Skye as a part of the Office 365 family of services, and adding some intelligence to how junk mail is removed from your inbox. These capabilities are referred to as Lync/Skype Translator, Skype for Business, and Clutter.