Japanese proverb
There
is an exhilaration about working in a team of
talented people. Of course it used to happen
when we had factories and organisations were
centred in one location. Much of the work we
undertake entails collaboration with colleagues
around the UK or across the world.
The explosion in telecommunication has opened
up options for collaboration which were not
even dreamed of a few years ago. All sorts of
low- or no-cost tools are available to us.
Indeed, there are almost too many such tools
and decisions have to be made about how they
will be selected and blended together to be
maximise effectiveness and minimise confusion.
Failure to get the mix right or to use the
tools intelligently can turn no-cost tools into
time-consuming exercises. Unfortunately,
choosing the more expensive higher cost options
doesn’t guarantee success.
At this stage of the evolution of on-line
collaboration, clients often find the process
something of an eye-opener and adopt the same
tools for use in their own organisation. We can
support that too.
