The very nature of work, the way we work and where we work is changing. Businesses are reducing real estate, maximising the use of the space they have, increasing work from home and expecting their employees to adopt new practices from hot desking to unified communications. The need to collaborate with colleagues has never been greater, the pace of business has never been faster, and the pressures to be more productive are ever increasing. This white paper explores the drivers, need for change and case studies behind the technology solutions that are being deployed today to deliver collaborative solutions that fundamentally and permanently change the way we work.
This document provides an overview of collaborative work and the future of collaboration. It discusses how collaboration is no longer defined by people working together in the same physical space due to new technologies that allow remote collaboration. The document also outlines eight principles for successful collaboration and discusses how emerging technologies like videoconferencing, unified communication tools, and interactive surfaces will change the nature of collaborative work. Early adopters in companies are already experimenting with new collaborative environments and technologies.
Latest research from the Global Workplace - The Edge of CollaborationSu Butcher
Presentation given by Dr Marie Puybaraud and Hannah Hahn of Global WorkPlace Innovation at Johnson Controls at Workplace Trends 2012 Conference: Wellbeing and Performance, Thursday 25 October 2012, One Bishop's Square, London, E1 6AD
The document summarizes an Enterprise 2.0 Summit taking place from October 26-28, 2010 in Frankfurt, Germany. The summit will feature keynote speakers and panels on challenges and best practices related to Enterprise 2.0. It will also include workshops on topics such as social messaging, networking culture, and setting the path to an open and agile enterprise. Over 100 international experts are scheduled to speak at the event.
Novell's collaboration vision enables organizations to leverage existing IT investments to securely converge traditional and new collaboration tools. The open architecture brings together disparate systems using enterprise security. Novell DataSync synchronizes data across applications and devices in real-time. The vision provides a long-term strategy to integrate preferred tools like email, social media, and mobile in a secure manner that drives innovation.
Internal presentation for the Enterprise 2.0 Observatory (October 2007). Topics: Enterprise 2.0, Open Innovation, Mobility, Crowdsourcing, Social Network, and more...
Instantly Connecting Developers Across The MilesCitrix Online
This new white paper examines the key challenges remote developers and teams face while exploring the advantages of leveraging an online collaboration solution to instantly connect, eliminate travel and expedite projects.
The document discusses how Loyola Marymount University is transforming its IT department in response to emerging technologies. It addresses how consumerization, cloud computing, outsourcing, and social media are replacing traditional IT infrastructure, functions, and communication. The university embraces these replacement technologies by developing strategies for a service catalog, cloud storage, virtualization, social CRM, and collaboration technologies. It focuses on improving communications and empowering users through social IT initiatives. The transformation aims to better meet user needs and compete with consumer technology options.
This document provides an overview of collaborative work and the future of collaboration. It discusses how collaboration is no longer defined by people working together in the same physical space due to new technologies that allow remote collaboration. The document also outlines eight principles for successful collaboration and discusses how emerging technologies like videoconferencing, unified communication tools, and interactive surfaces will change the nature of collaborative work. Early adopters in companies are already experimenting with new collaborative environments and technologies.
Latest research from the Global Workplace - The Edge of CollaborationSu Butcher
Presentation given by Dr Marie Puybaraud and Hannah Hahn of Global WorkPlace Innovation at Johnson Controls at Workplace Trends 2012 Conference: Wellbeing and Performance, Thursday 25 October 2012, One Bishop's Square, London, E1 6AD
The document summarizes an Enterprise 2.0 Summit taking place from October 26-28, 2010 in Frankfurt, Germany. The summit will feature keynote speakers and panels on challenges and best practices related to Enterprise 2.0. It will also include workshops on topics such as social messaging, networking culture, and setting the path to an open and agile enterprise. Over 100 international experts are scheduled to speak at the event.
Novell's collaboration vision enables organizations to leverage existing IT investments to securely converge traditional and new collaboration tools. The open architecture brings together disparate systems using enterprise security. Novell DataSync synchronizes data across applications and devices in real-time. The vision provides a long-term strategy to integrate preferred tools like email, social media, and mobile in a secure manner that drives innovation.
Internal presentation for the Enterprise 2.0 Observatory (October 2007). Topics: Enterprise 2.0, Open Innovation, Mobility, Crowdsourcing, Social Network, and more...
Instantly Connecting Developers Across The MilesCitrix Online
This new white paper examines the key challenges remote developers and teams face while exploring the advantages of leveraging an online collaboration solution to instantly connect, eliminate travel and expedite projects.
The document discusses how Loyola Marymount University is transforming its IT department in response to emerging technologies. It addresses how consumerization, cloud computing, outsourcing, and social media are replacing traditional IT infrastructure, functions, and communication. The university embraces these replacement technologies by developing strategies for a service catalog, cloud storage, virtualization, social CRM, and collaboration technologies. It focuses on improving communications and empowering users through social IT initiatives. The transformation aims to better meet user needs and compete with consumer technology options.
Tikkurila, a paint manufacturer with operations across Europe, implemented a Cisco TelePresence video conferencing solution to improve collaboration across its dispersed offices. The solution allowed employees to join meetings remotely, resulting in a 50% reduction in travel. Virtual meetings improved communications and allowed employees to work more closely as a unified organization. The successful implementation also provided cost savings and environmental benefits.
Dark Side of Cloud Adoption: People and Organizations Unable to Adapt and Imp...Dana Gardner
Transcript of a discussion on how cloud adoption is not reaching its potential due to outdated behaviors and persistent dissonance between what businesses can do and will do with cloud model strengths.
This document discusses the concept of "co-doing," which refers to doing business through networking with external partners like customers, specialists, and suppliers. Some key benefits of co-doing include increasing innovative power, actively engaging in brand conversations, responding flexibly to changes, and solving challenges with limited resources. While co-doing is gaining attention, the document argues it is not a passing fad but rather a necessity as consumer demands and technology enable more flexible partnerships and value creation beyond traditional supply chains. Challenges like leadership, intellectual property protection, and change management are also discussed.
Cognizant CIO Mark Greenlaw discusses strategies for leading a "virtual" IT workforce that is spread across 12 countries in 4 continents.He presented at the Boston Society for Information Management.
Three Generations of Citrix CEOs: Enabling a Better Way to WorkDana Gardner
Transcript of a discussion on how Citrix is building on its 30-year record of success by remaking digital workplaces and redefining the very nature of applications and business intelligence.
Work life innovation the role of networked technologiesDr Lendy Spires
This document discusses how networked technologies are enabling innovation in work-life balance. It is the fourth in a series exploring geographically distributed work. The document has two parts: Part 1 examines how technologies currently impact work and personal lives, as well as innovation processes. It provides examples like Smart Work Centers and Active Collaboration Rooms. Part 2 will discuss emerging technologies like cloud computing, connected devices, and collaboration platforms that are enabling new ways of working and living in a distributed manner. The document argues these technologies are driving open innovation and helping organizations, communities, and individuals achieve new outcomes.
Crowdsourcing as a problem solving strategyMiia Kosonen
This document summarizes a paper that was presented at a conference in Helsinki, Finland in June 2013. The paper identifies 10 practices for hosting organizations to facilitate problem solving through crowdsourcing. These include providing stimulating tasks, timely feedback, encouraging interaction, appropriate rewards, building community, and choosing effective communication technologies. It also discusses assessing the crowd's knowledge, specifying tasks appropriately, providing support for task interpretation, and encouraging collaboration. The paper uses examples from InnoCentive, Lego Cuusoo, and IdeasProject to illustrate different modes of crowdsourcing.
Boostzone Webreview on the Future of the World of Work - August 2012Boostzone Institute
This document summarizes the August 2012 issue of the Boostzone Institute WEB REVIEW. It discusses changes in management, the world of work, and the future due to shifts in technology, the economy, and society. The summary also touches on paradigm changes in areas like economics, social structures, governance, and demographics. Articles examine topics such as the usefulness of useless knowledge, simplifying complexity, the end of Chinese manufacturing, abolishing retirement, and how empowering women could reduce world hunger.
Culture Hacking — Subversive And Intentional Innovation Capability Building F...Jan Schmiedgen
My talk from the IRDG Design Thinking Conference 2018:
These days design thinking is in high demand with top leadership. But often it’s just the outcomes — the innovation — management wants, less so the organizational change that comes attached with a comprehensive methodology and mindset. Why? The former is ‘sexy’ and brings money, the latter is annoying and might need investment at the outset. So, for many innovators and intrapreneurs the question is: how can we establish a design thinking practice sustainably, even with just ‘lip-service leadership support’? Jan’s talk will look into that topic by showcasing a range of inspiring examples of deliberate and subversive (culture hack) innovation capability building.
Getting Plone Introduced Into Large Scale Business Operations Plone Conf Oct ...Peter Breithaupt
Presentation held at the annual Plone conference, Oct 2009, Budapast about the introduction of Plone as an attractive & secure alternative document retrieval system.
For those of you using Apple App Keynote a Zip file is attached as well.
How to transform a billion lives in 5475 daysGautam Kishore
This document outlines a plan to transform 1 billion lives in poverty within 5475 days (15 years) through an initiative called InteGreater. The plan involves:
1) Creating a network of leaders and experts called LEAD to help non-profits and social enterprises become more effective and efficient.
2) Developing an online platform called OpenSPACES for collaboratively creating poverty alleviation solutions.
3) Building infrastructure like training programs to support social entrepreneurs and ensure new solutions can be effectively replicated at scale.
The goal is to establish a network of efficient organizations with proven solutions that can improve lives for 1 billion people worldwide.
The document discusses the potential for digital technology and networked communities to augment human capabilities and improve collective problem solving. It proposes developing Networked Improvement Communities (NICs) that pool resources across organizations to work on common challenges. A key goal is to create dynamic knowledge repositories (DKRs) that integrate knowledge to provide the best understanding of challenges and solutions. The document outlines initial steps to develop an Open Hyperdocument System and HyperScope tool to facilitate collaborative knowledge building in NICs.
Seizing Opportunities, Overcoming Productivity Challenges in the Virtually Co...Cognizant
By following a few simple rules, organizations can overcome the barriers to social and virtual ways of working, including concerns about distractions, personal detachment and business disruption.
Co-Creation & Co-Creativity - innovating together with end-users on-line and ...Liliane Kuiper-Hoyng
TNO has a lot of experience with off-line co-creation. On-line co-creation seems to offer benefits for the cocreation process, especially if it is integrated in the companies overall product development process. Current on-line tools also have some drawbacks, but these are quickly being improved in th new generation on-line co-creations platforms.
This report uncovers major themes, key trends and opportunities to help you grow your business and progress your career into the future. Available in different formats to buy or just preview, the themes of PSFK's Future of Work report cover the Ideal Workforce, Empowered Culture, Intuitive Connection and Agile Workplaces. PSFK extends its 'Future of' reports with the 140 page document that covers the new ways we are working and the implications for business and for workers.
Within each theme we describe 4 trends and each trend is supported by 4 examples, supporting statistics and implications defined by our PSFK Labs team. During this process we spoke to a number of experts to understand the trends better. Their feedback can be found in quotes and interviews throughout the report.
As a bonus, we also turned to a number of creative agencies to bring the trends to life. We asked them to imagine the future of work and you will find their concepts within this document. At the end of the report, you will also discover the submission of examples of progressive work environments. These were submitted by the readers of PSFK.com after we asked for their input into the report in 2012.
We hope that you find inspiration in every section of PSFK's Future of Work report. For copies, downloads or an in-person presentation please visit: http://bit.ly/VghG9z
Great changes are occurring throughout organizations worldwide. New and rapidly evolving web 2.0 networking technologies promise the next generation advances in information technology and business capabilities. An increase array of multimedia communications technologies such as virtual workspaces, social networking tools, web conferencing applications, text messaging, internet phone services, and as if you are there video meetings are creating new possibilities for organizations to more quickly and effectively connect people.
Collaboration can be defined as the process whereby people work together. Traditionally this also meant being together, at the same time and place. Now, with new technology, connectivity and the ‘death of distance’, collaboration is being redefined as the experience of people working together, sharing ideas, data and analysis to develop collective solutions. What has changed is that people no longer need to sit together in the same space to undertake collaborative work.
Cloud-powered social and mobile tools can help break down traditional hierarchies and enable stakeholders inside and outside the organization to easily share business-critical insights. This report is an installment in our multi-part series that explores the shifts necessary for future-proofing your company.
Tikkurila, a paint manufacturer with operations across Europe, implemented a Cisco TelePresence video conferencing solution to improve collaboration across its dispersed offices. The solution allowed employees to join meetings remotely, resulting in a 50% reduction in travel. Virtual meetings improved communications and allowed employees to work more closely as a unified organization. The successful implementation also provided cost savings and environmental benefits.
Dark Side of Cloud Adoption: People and Organizations Unable to Adapt and Imp...Dana Gardner
Transcript of a discussion on how cloud adoption is not reaching its potential due to outdated behaviors and persistent dissonance between what businesses can do and will do with cloud model strengths.
This document discusses the concept of "co-doing," which refers to doing business through networking with external partners like customers, specialists, and suppliers. Some key benefits of co-doing include increasing innovative power, actively engaging in brand conversations, responding flexibly to changes, and solving challenges with limited resources. While co-doing is gaining attention, the document argues it is not a passing fad but rather a necessity as consumer demands and technology enable more flexible partnerships and value creation beyond traditional supply chains. Challenges like leadership, intellectual property protection, and change management are also discussed.
Cognizant CIO Mark Greenlaw discusses strategies for leading a "virtual" IT workforce that is spread across 12 countries in 4 continents.He presented at the Boston Society for Information Management.
Three Generations of Citrix CEOs: Enabling a Better Way to WorkDana Gardner
Transcript of a discussion on how Citrix is building on its 30-year record of success by remaking digital workplaces and redefining the very nature of applications and business intelligence.
Work life innovation the role of networked technologiesDr Lendy Spires
This document discusses how networked technologies are enabling innovation in work-life balance. It is the fourth in a series exploring geographically distributed work. The document has two parts: Part 1 examines how technologies currently impact work and personal lives, as well as innovation processes. It provides examples like Smart Work Centers and Active Collaboration Rooms. Part 2 will discuss emerging technologies like cloud computing, connected devices, and collaboration platforms that are enabling new ways of working and living in a distributed manner. The document argues these technologies are driving open innovation and helping organizations, communities, and individuals achieve new outcomes.
Crowdsourcing as a problem solving strategyMiia Kosonen
This document summarizes a paper that was presented at a conference in Helsinki, Finland in June 2013. The paper identifies 10 practices for hosting organizations to facilitate problem solving through crowdsourcing. These include providing stimulating tasks, timely feedback, encouraging interaction, appropriate rewards, building community, and choosing effective communication technologies. It also discusses assessing the crowd's knowledge, specifying tasks appropriately, providing support for task interpretation, and encouraging collaboration. The paper uses examples from InnoCentive, Lego Cuusoo, and IdeasProject to illustrate different modes of crowdsourcing.
Boostzone Webreview on the Future of the World of Work - August 2012Boostzone Institute
This document summarizes the August 2012 issue of the Boostzone Institute WEB REVIEW. It discusses changes in management, the world of work, and the future due to shifts in technology, the economy, and society. The summary also touches on paradigm changes in areas like economics, social structures, governance, and demographics. Articles examine topics such as the usefulness of useless knowledge, simplifying complexity, the end of Chinese manufacturing, abolishing retirement, and how empowering women could reduce world hunger.
Culture Hacking — Subversive And Intentional Innovation Capability Building F...Jan Schmiedgen
My talk from the IRDG Design Thinking Conference 2018:
These days design thinking is in high demand with top leadership. But often it’s just the outcomes — the innovation — management wants, less so the organizational change that comes attached with a comprehensive methodology and mindset. Why? The former is ‘sexy’ and brings money, the latter is annoying and might need investment at the outset. So, for many innovators and intrapreneurs the question is: how can we establish a design thinking practice sustainably, even with just ‘lip-service leadership support’? Jan’s talk will look into that topic by showcasing a range of inspiring examples of deliberate and subversive (culture hack) innovation capability building.
Getting Plone Introduced Into Large Scale Business Operations Plone Conf Oct ...Peter Breithaupt
Presentation held at the annual Plone conference, Oct 2009, Budapast about the introduction of Plone as an attractive & secure alternative document retrieval system.
For those of you using Apple App Keynote a Zip file is attached as well.
How to transform a billion lives in 5475 daysGautam Kishore
This document outlines a plan to transform 1 billion lives in poverty within 5475 days (15 years) through an initiative called InteGreater. The plan involves:
1) Creating a network of leaders and experts called LEAD to help non-profits and social enterprises become more effective and efficient.
2) Developing an online platform called OpenSPACES for collaboratively creating poverty alleviation solutions.
3) Building infrastructure like training programs to support social entrepreneurs and ensure new solutions can be effectively replicated at scale.
The goal is to establish a network of efficient organizations with proven solutions that can improve lives for 1 billion people worldwide.
The document discusses the potential for digital technology and networked communities to augment human capabilities and improve collective problem solving. It proposes developing Networked Improvement Communities (NICs) that pool resources across organizations to work on common challenges. A key goal is to create dynamic knowledge repositories (DKRs) that integrate knowledge to provide the best understanding of challenges and solutions. The document outlines initial steps to develop an Open Hyperdocument System and HyperScope tool to facilitate collaborative knowledge building in NICs.
Seizing Opportunities, Overcoming Productivity Challenges in the Virtually Co...Cognizant
By following a few simple rules, organizations can overcome the barriers to social and virtual ways of working, including concerns about distractions, personal detachment and business disruption.
Co-Creation & Co-Creativity - innovating together with end-users on-line and ...Liliane Kuiper-Hoyng
TNO has a lot of experience with off-line co-creation. On-line co-creation seems to offer benefits for the cocreation process, especially if it is integrated in the companies overall product development process. Current on-line tools also have some drawbacks, but these are quickly being improved in th new generation on-line co-creations platforms.
This report uncovers major themes, key trends and opportunities to help you grow your business and progress your career into the future. Available in different formats to buy or just preview, the themes of PSFK's Future of Work report cover the Ideal Workforce, Empowered Culture, Intuitive Connection and Agile Workplaces. PSFK extends its 'Future of' reports with the 140 page document that covers the new ways we are working and the implications for business and for workers.
Within each theme we describe 4 trends and each trend is supported by 4 examples, supporting statistics and implications defined by our PSFK Labs team. During this process we spoke to a number of experts to understand the trends better. Their feedback can be found in quotes and interviews throughout the report.
As a bonus, we also turned to a number of creative agencies to bring the trends to life. We asked them to imagine the future of work and you will find their concepts within this document. At the end of the report, you will also discover the submission of examples of progressive work environments. These were submitted by the readers of PSFK.com after we asked for their input into the report in 2012.
We hope that you find inspiration in every section of PSFK's Future of Work report. For copies, downloads or an in-person presentation please visit: http://bit.ly/VghG9z
Great changes are occurring throughout organizations worldwide. New and rapidly evolving web 2.0 networking technologies promise the next generation advances in information technology and business capabilities. An increase array of multimedia communications technologies such as virtual workspaces, social networking tools, web conferencing applications, text messaging, internet phone services, and as if you are there video meetings are creating new possibilities for organizations to more quickly and effectively connect people.
Collaboration can be defined as the process whereby people work together. Traditionally this also meant being together, at the same time and place. Now, with new technology, connectivity and the ‘death of distance’, collaboration is being redefined as the experience of people working together, sharing ideas, data and analysis to develop collective solutions. What has changed is that people no longer need to sit together in the same space to undertake collaborative work.
Cloud-powered social and mobile tools can help break down traditional hierarchies and enable stakeholders inside and outside the organization to easily share business-critical insights. This report is an installment in our multi-part series that explores the shifts necessary for future-proofing your company.
Because of the impact of work on adoption of these patterns and, ultimately, on development of a model for a sustainable and livable city, CUD believes the opportunity to introduce innovation in work enablement using ICT is equally important to delivering solutions to problems for energy, transportation, housing, buildings, and society
at large.
This whiepaper explores the factors driving the evolution of knowledge work, the principles
of sustainable work, and solutions that incorporate these principles.
Collaboration is the process of working together towards a common goal. It involves the exchange of ideas and sharing of resources between people, whether formally as part of a team or informally. Great ideas often emerge from the intersection of different perspectives when people collaborate. While teamwork involves structured roles and tasks, collaboration can occur spontaneously between people from different groups or organizations. Effective collaboration balances individual focus with bringing people together to spark new ideas through discussion.
The document discusses the new virtually collaborative workplace and the opportunities and challenges it presents for organizations. Some key points:
- The new workplace allows knowledge workers to work from anywhere using mobile devices and collaboration tools, dissolving barriers between work locations.
- While this new workplace offers benefits like cost savings, access to talent, and improved work-life balance, it also risks reduced productivity through distractions, information overload, and lack of face-to-face interaction.
- To fully realize the benefits and avoid productivity losses, organizations must take appropriate actions like ensuring the right tools are used, managing communications, stimulating in-person meetings, and focusing on results rather than time spent working.
The workplace is changing – and it’s largely due to the impact of social technologies. More and more individuals are using their own devices and tools to address their own learning and performance problems, and the emergence of social businesses means that collaboration and community skills are becoming the new workplace skills. L&D departments around the world are grappling with how to makes sense of all this and how they can support the new ways of learning in the social workplace.
The document provides an overview and roadmap for IBM Lotus Connections. It discusses business imperatives driving increased collaboration, an overview of Lotus Connections 2.5 features including enhanced communities, profiles, activities, and mobile support. It also outlines how Lotus Connections can be extended through integration with other IBM and third party applications. Social software solutions for infusing businesses with collaboration capabilities and driving innovation through customer communities are presented.
Eleven lessons on achieving the broad deployment of collaboration technologie...SMART Technologies
Collaboration technologies are a tantalising prospect for today’s businesses. Not only can
they deliver marked improvements to existing business processes, they also hold the key to
unlocking completely new ways of working. They can drive up productivity and creativity.
They can save time, whether in the office, through remote working or by reducing travel
time. They can cut the carbon footprint of a business. They can deliver the most effective
and exciting collaboration experiences ever seen, irrespective of location, particularly as part
of a complete visual collaboration solution.
Social Business with Drupal @DrupalCon 2012 Ulf Sthamer
The document discusses social intranets and Drupal Commons. It outlines five main use cases for social intranets: static intranet, dashboard/homepage, profile and networking, group and project rooms, and mobile devices. It then examines how Drupal Commons supports each use case out of the box and areas that could be improved. The discussion focuses on search, hierarchical structures, group permissions, project management, and flexible group layouts.
Whitepaper - Building a collaboration beehiveCollabor Inc.
This document provides guidance on how large companies can improve collaboration to drive innovation. It recommends establishing clear goals, breaking down organizational silos, using collaboration software, engaging employees, and analyzing collaboration data. The key idea is to create a "collaboration beehive" where employees communicate effectively like bees in a hive to accomplish goals in a focused, non-duplicative way and drive innovation.
The document discusses collaboration technologies and services. It defines unified communications and collaboration, and describes how collaboration will reshape markets by promoting new ways of working, moving enterprises to video, and enabling mobile workforces. The document also outlines benefits of collaboration services for customers, such as managing technology transformations, and for partners, by expanding partnership opportunities. It then provides an overview of Cisco's collaboration services portfolio and strategy.
The Future of Work is being reshaped by major trends - namely virtualization of work and consumerization of IT. These comprise the four major forces of change - globalization, virtualization, the Millennial mindset and cloud computing. These have drastically changed the way we communicate, collaborate, learn, buy, engage and consume. When the virtualization of work meets the consumerization of IT in the enterprise - and when systems of recod meet systems of engagement - the dynamics of work itself change.
The document discusses the need to transition from the current outdated intranet towards a digital workplace of the future. It outlines three scenarios: continuing as is, moving towards a distributed model, or achieving an integrated global platform. The vision is an intranet that empowers mobile workers, strengthens culture, and increases productivity. Next steps proposed are establishing a business case, conducting a digital audit, and launching initial initiatives in 2013 to begin the transition.
The document summarizes Gráinne Conole's presentation on the role of creativity in digital literacy skills for participatory media. It discusses how new digital literacy skills are needed for learners, teachers, and the workplace in today's fast-changing technological environment. It emphasizes the importance of creativity and mechanisms for fostering creativity through social and participatory media like blogging, messaging, collaborative editing, social networking, and virtual worlds. The presentation examines definitions of creativity and how technologies can promote creativity in new ways by enabling new forms of discourse, collaboration, and accessing/repurposing knowledge.
Montressa L. Washington gave a presentation on using crowdsourcing, collaboration and Web 2.0 tools to enhance project management. She discussed how Enterprise 2.0 allows for new collaboration patterns through tools like wikis, blogs and social networks. Examples were given of how crowdsourcing, collaboration and social media can be used in project management, such as using ideation platforms for crowdsourcing ideas and online communities to facilitate collaboration. Web 2.0 tools like social bookmarks and profiles can also help with knowledge sharing and finding expertise.
This document discusses the next generation workplace and how over 205,000 knowledge workers will communicate and collaborate. It notes that technology is a fundamental tool for organizational change, and that the "new way of working" challenges organizations in every dimension. Research insights show that factors like leadership, vision, management skills, and involvement have a greater impact on change initiatives than traditional activities like training and communication. The main challenge is to create awareness of how collaboration tools can implement sustainable change and new, smarter ways of working.
The social office is a term used to describe a new kind of working environment for information workers who discharge their role largely online (so-called web workers). These are people for whom information capture, analysis and sharing is integral to their role and is facilitated by the use of modern online web-based socially oriented technologies and collaboration tools.
A social office represents a seed-change in perceptions of what an ‘office workplace’ looks like and how it operates underpinning by the:
1. Adoption of new working practises in the office workspace
2. Expanded use of online social and collaborative technologies
3. Emergence of strategies to gain economic advantage and operational excellence from socially oriented online business communities
This paper examines the business case for a social online workplace.
Steljes video and data conferencing survey reportGordon Rimmer
This survey of over 160 business decision makers found that:
1) Less than half of respondents currently use video conferencing, leaving many organizations missing out on productivity benefits.
2) Of those not using it, 80.8% would consider using video conferencing.
3) 78.8% of current users are satisfied with their systems, though some issues remain for the 21.2% who are not satisfied.
4) 80% of respondents said they would use video conferencing to meet face-to-face without travel.
Business Productivity Statistics PresentationGordon Rimmer
Working with some of the world’s leading technology innovators, Steljes has developed the Business Productivity Suite to help you change the way you work for real and lasting benefit. The Business Productivity Suite comprises of the cream of today’s productivity technology, under one roof, designed to address five focus areas that businesses tell us they need to make more efficient: meetings, video and data conferencing, workspaces and flexible working, training and marketing and communications.
Business Productivity Suite PresentationGordon Rimmer
Working with some of the world’s leading technology innovators, Steljes has developed the Business Productivity Suite to help you change the way you work for real and lasting benefit. The Business Productivity Suite comprises of the cream of today’s productivity technology, under one roof, designed to address five focus areas that businesses tell us they need to make more efficient: meetings, video and data conferencing, workspaces and flexible working, training and marketing and communications.
Working with some of the world’s leading technology innovators, Steljes has developed the Business Productivity Suite to help you change the way you work for real and lasting benefit. The Business Productivity Suite comprises of the cream of today’s productivity technology, under one roof, designed to address five focus areas that businesses tell us they need to make more efficient: meetings, video and data conferencing, workspaces and flexible working, training and marketing and communications.
Working with some of the world’s leading technology innovators, Steljes has developed the Business Productivity Suite to help you change the way you work for real and lasting benefit. The Business Productivity Suite comprises of the cream of today’s productivity technology, under one roof, designed to address five focus areas that businesses tell us they need to make more efficient: meetings, video and data conferencing, workspaces and flexible working, training and marketing and communications.
Working with some of the world’s leading technology innovators, Steljes has developed the Business Productivity Suite to help you change the way you work for real and lasting benefit. The Business Productivity Suite comprises of the cream of today’s productivity technology, under one roof, designed to address five focus areas that businesses tell us they need to make more efficient: meetings, video and data conferencing, workspaces and flexible working, training and marketing and communications.
Steljes Productive Video & Data ConferencingGordon Rimmer
Working with some of the world’s leading technology innovators, Steljes has developed the Business Productivity Suite to help you change the way you work for real and lasting benefit. The Business Productivity Suite comprises of the cream of today’s productivity technology, under one roof, designed to address five focus areas that businesses tell us they need to make more efficient: meetings, video and data conferencing, workspaces and flexible working, training and marketing and communications.
This document discusses improving business productivity through more effective employee training. It notes that while training is important, budgets are tight and current training methods are often ineffective. It promotes the idea that training needs to be more engaging, interactive, and flexible to fit employees' schedules in order to better connect with trainees and improve knowledge retention. The document introduces Productive Training technology solutions that can deliver high-quality instructor-led training remotely or in-person, making training more accessible and reducing costs.
Steljes Business Productivity Suite BrochureGordon Rimmer
The document discusses improving business productivity through more efficient meetings, video and data conferencing, workspaces and flexible working, training, and marketing and communications.
It argues that the traditional ways of working are outdated and inefficient, wasting valuable time and resources. A new approach is needed that embraces technology solutions to enable more productive collaboration anywhere and anytime.
The "Business Productivity Suite" is introduced as an integrated set of productivity technologies that address key areas to transform how businesses work and drive tangible returns through increased efficiency, engagement and reduced costs.
This report seeks to discover whether
businesses are taking the right decisions in
order to achieve greater productivity and
ultimately competitive advantage. Another
goal of the survey was to find out if
businesses do appear to be moving with the
pace of technology in order to increase their
overall efficiency. Is productivity regarded as
a core strategy to achieve results, and if so,
are businesses using the right technologies
and strategies in order to maximise and fulfil
this strategy to its full potential?
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market through its specialised channel network. The company’s
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The company has been sourcing products from around the world
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