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Design for Everyone? No.
Design for Everyone? No.
When creating a culture of open communication and collaboration, things will need to be moved and people’s work flows will be disrupted.
Mike Fraietta
May 14, 2018
AI, IoT & Humans: Intelligence on the Edge
AI, IoT & Humans: Intelligence on the Edge
There is a parallel between the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology on computing and how artificial intelligence (AI) is…
Alan Berkson
Apr 30, 2018
Compasses Over Maps
Compasses Over Maps
The year is 1955. Most of the Fortune 100 that year are industrial powerhouses. It is safe to assume that the majority of employees of…
Mike Fraietta
Apr 23, 2018
Tame Your Feed: Taking Control of Internal Communications
Tame Your Feed: Taking Control of Internal Communications
(This post may well have been entitled “How To Have Internal Organizational Conversations At Scale” or “Let Your Intended Audience Find…
Alan Berkson
Apr 16, 2018
Be a Helicopter Contributor
Be a Helicopter Contributor
Sure, you understand the 30,000 foot view of your organization’s offerings and challenges but are you on the ground when key decisions need…
Mike Fraietta
Apr 2, 2018
You Don’t Need a Community Manager
You Don’t Need a Community Manager
There are campers and there are climbers. Anyone at your company should be working themselves out of their position through automation or…
Mike Fraietta
Mar 18, 2018
Working Out Loud: Don’t Just Give The Answer, Show Your Work
Working Out Loud: Don’t Just Give The Answer, Show Your Work
Remember back in grade school when you had a math or science test and the teach said “don’t just give me the answer, show your work”? The…
Alan Berkson
Mar 11, 2018
The Corporate Lattice
The Industrial Age has taught us that to advance, you simply climb up the ladder — rung after rung. Typically it takes years to bump up a…
Mike Fraietta
Mar 3, 2018
We Don’t Know How To Do Group Projects
We Don’t Know How To Do Group Projects
If you’re a parent of a child who is in middle school or high school you are most likely familiar with this scenario: the Group Project…
Alan Berkson
Feb 24, 2018
Open Product Management
Open Product Management
This post is the latest in a series of explorations by Alan Berkson and me into what we are calling The Control Scale, a guide to digital…
Mike Fraietta
Feb 17, 2018
Search First, Ask Questions Later
Search First, Ask Questions Later
Participating in the digital world requires new skills. One is learning to search first.
Alan Berkson
Feb 12, 2018
Executive Leadership on Employee Social Networks
Executive Leadership on Employee Social Networks
tl;dr — Executive engagement is critical. Find one exec and turn genuine online engagement into a mobile habit. Scale up.
Mike Fraietta
Feb 3, 2018
How To Be A Successful Remote Worker
How To Be A Successful Remote Worker
There’s a lot of talk today from organizations who originally embraced remote working and are now coming full circle and bringing employees…
Alan Berkson
Jan 27, 2018
The Communication Cannonball Run
The Communication Cannonball Run
Things to consider when choosing your company’s communication platform(s)
Mike Fraietta
Jan 20, 2018
Everything You Know About Communication And Collaboration is Wrong
Everything You Know About Communication And Collaboration is Wrong
…and it’s not your fault.
Alan Berkson
Jan 13, 2018
Don’t Accept The Defaults
Don’t Accept The Defaults
I have written often about the challenges of pervasive communications and that if you don’t know what the monetization strategy of an app…
Alan Berkson
Nov 13, 2017
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