Just started a new blog over at ZDNet called "Team Think" on new productivity tools for groups:
My mission, my promise, to you then is that you will gain practical, detailed, information about tools and technologies that enable organizational teams to work more effectively with one another. Think of it as the steps towards implementing the Borg’s Hive of Star Trek fame sans any sinister connotations.
Much of these tools and technologies fall into what’s being called “Enterprise 2.0″ or “Office 2.0″, those products that aim to enhance team collaboration through a grassroots effect, but with an overlay of IT management and control. These include Wikis, tagging and bookmarking products services, blogs, social networks and the like taken from the consumer-side, but with the right interfaces for you to deploy, secure and manage those installations within your organization.
Other tools defy the enterprise 2.0 moniker. Many are the real-time tools – VoIP, IM, and presence – that have been looked at by organizations now for several years. Some are conventional software platforms, such as project management packages. All though claim to help you achieve the kinds of results that will “transform the organization”.
Do they live up to their billing? Join me as we find out together.
Drop in for a visit and let me know what you think.
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