Have you ever gone to a craft bazaar, art exhibit or car show and totally underestimated the time you’d spend browsing around? That’s what happened to me last month during The Chariot Group’s 2nd annual Collaboration Showcase. Goodness, there was a…
As a performance improvement and change consultant, I am contacted by business leaders when something or someone is perceived to be lacking. After an initial intake and exchange of information, my first question is often, “Should things change?” or sometimes, “Are…
I have had a mentor for nearly 20 years and, while I moved nearly 1000 miles away from him about two years into our mentoring relationship, we continued. We didn’t do this by flying back and forth; we used collaborative technology. At the time, “collaborative…
I am a member of the consulting community; I have been for over 10 years. While I started as a Human Resources consultant, I eventually moved into the “Organizational Performance” arena. What this means is I focused on helping my clients improve the performance…
Nine Months It is a mildly entertaining mid-90s movie starring two of my favorite actors, Hugh Grant and Robin Williams. It is how long it generally takes to make a human. And it is how long I’ve been at The…
I haven’t had an “epiphany” moment in a couple of weeks, which surprises me because for the most part, I have numerous ones per day! Working for a company that specializes in audiovisual and collaborative technology gives me the figurative…
Pedagogy…that’s a fun word to say, even if you pronounce it wrong. It means the art, science or profession of teaching. Webster says you pronounce it “pe-də-ˌgō-jē” unless you’re British. (Let’s face it, if you’re British, you can pronounce pedagogy any…
Two weeks ago, I published a piece on the difference between an “information sharing” culture and a “collaborative” culture. I called it Sharing Information on Collaboration. In that post, I wrote, “The purpose of an information sharing event is just…
Last week, I wrote a post called, “Sharing Information on Collaboration” in which I presented my thoughts on the differences between sharing information and truly engaging in collaborative communication. In that post, I suggested that two types of cultures…a information sharing culture…
Many business leaders confuse Information Sharing with Collaboration. But they aren’t the same thing…more on that in a minute. I was having a great discussion last night about collaboration. Granted, it was with my nine year old son as we headed to his…