My latest presentation about the solution to the economic crisis, the value of knowledge and how new tools can manage knowledge. Presented on our Lotusphere Comes To You roadshow in 2009.
Het Nieuwe Werken: de praktijkcase van SilversideRoland Driesen
3G werkt ook bij een grote verandering zoals een verhuizing. Presentatie van Roland Driesen van Silverside over de uitgesproken andere aanpak van dit implementatiebureau en over wat dat betekent voor de inrichting van de werkplekken en het werkproces bij hun eigen verhuizing.
Business roman 'Samen schieten op resultaat' - Sneak previewRoland Driesen
Door met 32 relaties intensief het gesprek aan te gaan over social business en verandering, zijn afgelopen 6 maanden werkelijke praktijkinzichten verzameld over nieuwe manieren van (samen)werken en kennisdeling – oftewel Social Business. Wat krijg je als je uit deze stapel verzamelde inzichten de essentie van al deze bedrijven destilleert? De business roman: ‘Samen schieten op resultaat’. Het verhaal over Target BV, dat met vallen en opstaan in 12 stadia op zoek gaat naar de essentie van social business en innovatie. In deze sessie presenteren wij het verhaal van een echte held: Robert Smit met een werkelijke Social Business ervaring. Krijg hier een snel beeld van de inleiding en een paar pagina's van de roman en de bijbehorende theorie.
Het Nieuwe Werken: de praktijkcase van SilversideRoland Driesen
3G werkt ook bij een grote verandering zoals een verhuizing. Presentatie van Roland Driesen van Silverside over de uitgesproken andere aanpak van dit implementatiebureau en over wat dat betekent voor de inrichting van de werkplekken en het werkproces bij hun eigen verhuizing.
Business roman 'Samen schieten op resultaat' - Sneak previewRoland Driesen
Door met 32 relaties intensief het gesprek aan te gaan over social business en verandering, zijn afgelopen 6 maanden werkelijke praktijkinzichten verzameld over nieuwe manieren van (samen)werken en kennisdeling – oftewel Social Business. Wat krijg je als je uit deze stapel verzamelde inzichten de essentie van al deze bedrijven destilleert? De business roman: ‘Samen schieten op resultaat’. Het verhaal over Target BV, dat met vallen en opstaan in 12 stadia op zoek gaat naar de essentie van social business en innovatie. In deze sessie presenteren wij het verhaal van een echte held: Robert Smit met een werkelijke Social Business ervaring. Krijg hier een snel beeld van de inleiding en een paar pagina's van de roman en de bijbehorende theorie.
Future of Working: trends in technology, business and work. Roadshow for Unizo. 45 minutes presentation for managers, freelancers and 'self-employers'.
Lotus Quickr WebSphere, Lotus Quickr Domino, Lotus DDM, Lotus WorkFlow, Filenet ECM, DB2 Content Manager, WebSphere Web Content Management.... Welk product te kiezen? Dit hangt sterk af van uw benodigde document management functionaliteiten en bestaande technische architectuur. Maar wat als u niet zoekt naar een hele sterke samenwerkingstool of een heel strak Enterprise Content Management systeem? De bestaande productportfolio van IBM biedt wel echte "briljanten" voor beide sterk uiteenlopende functionele behoeften, maar mist een product dat dit combineert. Deze sessie beschrijft typische klantscenario\'s en onze visie op welke oplossing welke situatie het beste afdekt. En misschien wel het schaap met de 5 poten!
Ensure the security of your HCL environment by applying the Zero Trust princi...Roland Driesen
Covid has drastically changed the way people work. Nowadays, many individuals can work wherever and whenever they prefer. However, this shift requires a different strategy for securing your environment. By adopting the Zero Trust principles, based on the 'Never Trust, Always Verify' mindset, you can mitigate these new risks. This session will delve into the concept and provide examples of how various HCL products can fit into this framework, particularly when it comes to building a central user repository and securing your email message flow.
Boost the utilization of your HCL environment by reevaluating use cases and f...Roland Driesen
Some HCL environments are not utilized to their full extent, and that is unfortunate. If only specific modules (such as Files or Activities) are used in HCL Connections, it is not perceived and experienced as the Enterprise Social Network it truly is. If Sametime is only used for internal chat, you are missing out on integrating tailor-styled web-meeting facilities into your key processes. If an HCL Notes application is not accessible via the web, fewer users will be able to find it. Kick-start your HCL environment with three business cases that are low-hanging fruit. All you need is some (re)thinking and user adoption!
Integrations - Thinking outside the box - Presentation Engage 2023 in AmsterdamRoland Driesen
The document discusses user adoption strategies for collaboration platforms. It describes Silverside B.V. as a specialist in collaboration software and hardware including Microsoft 365, HCL Software and Zoho ONE. It has experience helping over 250 customers and believes in achieving measurable results through happiness at work and pleasant cooperation. The document presents the PACE implementation methodology as a user adoption strategy involving proposing transformation, advising on tools, creating ways of working, and enhancing the journey. It discusses using REST APIs to integrate applications and exchange data between platforms. In the conclusion, it thanks the viewer and offers contact details for questions.
PACE, the roadmap for successful user adoptionRoland Driesen
How do you want to lead a project? Many projects are steered by top-down organizational factors: attention to technology, management, scope and budget. That is fine and gives results, but the most important key factor for sustainable change is missing. Namely: the human factor. A project plan is only truly complete if you also pay attention to communication, culture, scenarios and learning & development of your end users.
With PACE you approach a project holistically: from eight routes you map the current project situation and the ambition level of the change. Working with a special world map makes it clear at a glance on which route more or less guidance is required. And this guidance is available from the PACE toolbox: they complement your project plan on the routes where you can best use the support.
HCL Connections fully implemented at accounting firm NEVBRoland Driesen
The boutique accounting firm Nieuwint & Van Beek in Amsterdam, The Netherlands is a long-time user of the HCL portfolio for all core processes and has created a customer portal on Domino.
Last few years the suite of HCL Connections has been added to improve internal collaboration & communication. Because a large portion of their customers work with Microsoft Teams, first a seamlessly integration between the latest version of HCL Connections and Teams has been created. During the project we were able to replace the required Teams functionality with adding the latest version of HCL Sametime. Also we have implemented Multi Factor Authentication for all users, including external users. With this step the organisation is bringing the power and security of HCL in a complete collaboration portal.
Business partner Silverside has guided this journey and implemented the technical parts and run an adoption project. In this session Roland Driesen and Gert van Kempen will give you the insights of the project and the hurdles that needed to be tackled. Not the easiest path, but now ready for collaboration across all parties and functional richer than Microsoft could provide.
What if we adapt the adoption? Change approach based on digital literacy and ...Roland Driesen
More room (priority, time and budget) is given to the user adoption part of projects. This is a great development and makes Office 365 better used. But what if we want to bring this approach itself to the next level? Most projects still can improve in tailoring the communications and learning strategies to fit better a company culture, team dynamics and even personal preferences. Silverside, as the founder of the PACE methodology and experience with 200 customers, is proud to present the next version of our PACE toolset with a practical assessment for measuring culture, invitation to use our freemium success indicator for your change project and demonstrate our online tools for continuous learning and improving the daily usage of Office 365.
Use your IBM Collaboration tools smarter to make your work less stressfulRoland Driesen
Feeling like you need more time in the week? Did not get your work plan fit your schedule? Is too much email bringing you down? Having to chase people to see if their tasks are done?
IBM has introduced some great features and tools such as Connections, Verse and Watson to make your life less stressful. Combine a mix of proven concepts from time management principles (David Allen, Stephen Covey), agile task and project management, and Cognitive Technology to help you stay on track, find what you need, and get things really done pro-actively.
Are you ready to see how smarter usage of your existing tools can help your employees to be fit for summer? Join this highly interactive session!
PACE Roadmap - Presentation during Engage 2018Roland Driesen
Silverside is known for her PACE methodology to increase User Adoption of Microsoft and IBM platforms. PACE Online is the platform to make these proven services and accumulated knowledge available and accessible to everyone—from wherever they are, and at a price point that makes sense.
During Engage we will launch the modules Collaborative Knowledge Base (CKB) and Ask The Pacer (ATP). The first include an online shop for ready-to-go productivity scenarios including workbooks and training materials for Office 365 and IBM Connections. Using our Ask The Pacer module you can get consult from the original authors of that content. But what if you become a PACER yourself? With your own expertise and content these modules can become your new way of doing (additional) business.
In this session Roland will share the ideas and concept behind the PACE Online platform, a live demonstration of the new modules, the new business model for professionals and a technical peek under the hood.
The document discusses several topics around technology and society, including how technological advances require society to adapt institutions to keep pace, the idea that personality types exist on a spectrum rather than as pure types, and the relationship between thinking and feeling when guided by wisdom. It also provides copyright notices.
Uitnodiging IGNITE COMES TO YOU – 2017 EDITIONRoland Driesen
Eind september vindt Microsoft Ignite plaats in Orlando, waarbij ons team weer prominent aanwezig zal zijn voor de laatste ontwikkelingen. We begrijpen echter dat niet iedereen daarbij aanwezig kan zijn. Om die reden organiseren wij opnieuw begin oktober op ons kantoor een exclusieve Microsoft Ignite Comes to You sessie. Gedurende deze middag zullen onder andere onderwerpen als innovatie en samenwerken, Microsoft SharePoint, Office 365 en Skype for Business aan bod komen. Ook zal onze collega Michael Sampson speciaal uit Nieuw Zeeland overkomen om tips te geven hoe u een Office 365 superheld in uw organisatie kan worden!
Daarnaast tonen wij de laatste ontwikkelingen van gespecialiseerde partners zoals harmon.ie en Beezy. Ook is de laatste Surface hardware van Microsoft aanwezig om zelf uit te proberen. Kortom, een volle week van 700 sessies samengevat door 7 internationale sprekers in een bruisend dagdeel in Rotterdam waarmee u weer voor een volledig jaar op de hoogte bent.
The document contains copyright information for Connecting Colours B.V. and Andrew Lothian regarding the Insights, Insights Discovery, and Insights Wheel trademarks. It includes diagrams with Dutch words and colors, as well as numbers and steps related to informing, participation, support, negotiation, convincing, and enforcing. All content is copyrighted and trademark information is provided.
The document discusses strategies for user adoption of Insights, a personality and team assessment tool. It provides an introduction to PEAK, an acronym that represents the strategies: Probe, Explain, Activate, and Continue learning. It then outlines specific tactics under each letter, such as experimenting with dry runs, developing learning products based on goals, and implementing workshops for teams. The document emphasizes tailoring the approach based on individual preferences and activating practitioners at client organizations.
The document discusses Deeper Discovery, a tool for archetypes in practice. It notes that INSIGHTS, INSIGHTS DISCOVERY and INSIGHTS WHEEL are registered trademarks. Several sections are titled including "Archetypes in practice with Deeper Discovery", "Deeper Discovery", and "The birth of Deeper Discovery". It includes a quote about leaving your footprint from the beginning of your career.
The document outlines the agenda for an afternoon reCHARGE event. It includes an introduction on exponential growth and adaptability, a customer case study on the future of marketing and the merging of two media agencies, parallel sessions on inspiration, tools, and coaching, and a wrap-up on implementing Insights color language in an organization. The event will conclude with a networking reception.
Connecting Colours - Teamontwikkeling met Insights DiscoveryRoland Driesen
Bij Connecting Colours zijn we gepassioneerd om teams te helpen nieuwe hoogtes te bereiken, wat hun startpunt ook is. We zijn ons er van bewust dat teams op verschillende posities binnen hun reis kunnen zijn, en we gebruiken onze uitgebreide ervaring en kennis om ze te laten groeien.
Of uw team net gestart is in het basiskamp, stormend en normerend onderweg naar boven, of presterend naar de top, samen bereiken we toppen die vooraf buiten bereik lijken te zijn. Onze formule is een combinatie van teamontwikkelingsmodellen zoals Tuckman en Lencioni, met daarbij een unieke mix van praktische, dynamische en resultaatgerichte oplossingen om uw uitdagingen aan te pakken.
Het fundament voor onze aanpak is het Insights Discovery model. Of het nu gaat om het creëren, verbeteren of uitdagen van een team, we gebruiken ons portfolio van Insights Discovery producten om het leren veilig te maken, als katalysator voor toekomstige ontwikkeling, en om te zorgen dat het geleerde bijblijft.
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The document discusses Deeper Discovery, a tool for archetypes in practice. It notes that INSIGHTS, INSIGHTS DISCOVERY and INSIGHTS WHEEL are registered trademarks. Several sections are titled including "Archetypes in practice with Deeper Discovery", "Deeper Discovery", and "The birth of Deeper Discovery". It includes a quote about leaving your footprint from the beginning of your career.
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