Ok. I am happy to write an article. (01)
Who for? (02)
Eric Armstrong <Eric.Armstrong@Sun.COM> writes: (03)
% Jeez. I *like* what you had to say.
%
% *You* should write an article!
% :_)
%
%
% John Sechrest wrote:
%
% > So....
% > Here I am in Oslo. And I am working with a group
% > of folks... Collaborating.
% >
% > Why did I come to Oslo instead of using
% > a Collaborative tool?
% >
% >
% > 1) By being co-located, I am able to detect sublties
% > that I would not be able to do otherwise.
% > PeopleTalkDifferentAfterCoffee is a pattern
% > that I have seen over and over again. So I am here
% > to get to know people and to be known... At a
% > subtle level.
% >
% > 2) By being away from my regular tasks, I am able to
% > be much more focused. So I am hoping that we make
% > a great big spurt of progress based on this time
% > spent here.
% >
% > 3) By watching over each others shoulders, we are
% > able to debug and progress with topics and efforts
% > than we could otherwise. So we reduce the variables that
% > get in our way.
% >
% >
% > ----
% >
% > What makes collaboration work:
% >
% >
% > 1) When there is pent-up energy on each side, which can
% > be released by the actions of the other. IE,
% > by fixing a problem with TWIKI, I could get the
% > wiki up in 15 minutes, instead of spending hours on it.
% >
% > So we can make great progress when we have something
% > to contribute to the broader context
% >
% >
% > 2) When there is a delegation of work that add to
% > the momentum of a conversation
% >
% >
% > 3) When new ideas are added to the mix, which add to
% > more new ideas moving forward rapidly.
% >
% >
% > This requires attention and involvement.
% >
% > Collaboration fails when:
% >
% > 1) People are unengaged, or not listening
% > 2) There is no new information, or ideas to contribute
% > 3) There is no energy to allow the space to explode
% > 4) There are rules/constraints which prevent building
% > conversations or tools.
% > 5) When agendas (hidden and otherwise) are at cross purposes
% > 6) When There is no trust that investment will return positive
% > results.
% >
% >
% >
% >
% >
% > Eric Armstrong <Eric.Armstrong@Sun.COM> writes:
% >
% > % Garold (Gary) L. Johnson wrote:
% > %
% > % > This article points out that the value of collaboration is currently
an
% > % > unproved assumptions, and points to some survey data (still
inconclusive).
% > % >
% > % > Why Collaborate?
% > % > http://www.sveiby.com/articles/Whycollaboration.htm
% > % >
% > % The article was pretty much what I expected.
% > % "Nothing much out there produces exceptional value".
% > %
% > % He also added that we only here successes, not failures.
% > % (A fundamental problem of market-driven, corpoorate research.)
% > %
% > % Interestingly, he uses the word "collaboration" to mean
% > % collaboration *systems*. We all know that collaboration
% > % is *the* fundamental tool we use in our working lives.
% > %
% > % Every process that involves more than one person is, in
% > % fact, a process of collaboration.
% > %
% > % So, as expected, his thesis can be translated to:
% > % Nothing much out there really does much to
% > % do remotely the processes we all take for
% > % granted in day to day practice.
% > %
% > % Fair assessment. All it takes is one killer app to
% > % change it.
% > % (Stay tuned.)
% > %
% > %
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% > John Sechrest . Helping people use
% > . computers and the Internet
% > . more effectively
% > .
% > . Internet: sechrest@peak.org
% > .
% > .
http://www.peak.org/~sechrest
% >
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. more effectively
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. Internet: sechrest@peak.org
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. http://www.peak.org/~sechrest (05)
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