The decision to call a meeting is separate from the decision of when to hold that meeting. When calling a meeting, you usually have some idea who needs to be there. Given this, you then go through a process to determine the best time for those people. Here is how to do it in Weaver. Continue reading
Category Archives: Social Business
Moving – There’s an App for That
It is an idea who’s time has come: a mobile app which helps you get a fast quote for moving, and then helps arrange all the other details. If you think about, we will all be moving this way in the future. Continue reading
Effective Email Notifications
Every collaborative system needs some way to notify people of things that need attention. Email is by far the most ubiquitous option for reaching out to people. Done well, email is an effective way to draw people in to work they need to do. Done poorly, and the email is an annoying waste. What is needed to do it well? Continue reading
Develop for Self-Managed Organizations
Here is a message from my friend, Robert Gilman, about participating with us on an open source platform for supporting a sociocratic organization. It is the most interesting thing I have been involved in for years. Continue reading
To link or not to link
Google assumes that if you make a link to a site, then that is a worthwhile link to remember. Your link is a “vote” in increasing the popularity of that page in the search results. When a page contains false or misleading information, you don’t want to make that page easier to find. That is where DoNotLink comes in. Continue reading
Sociocracy
I was approached a few months ago by a group wondering what kinds of collaborative software might exist to support something called Sociocracy. That was the impetus of my latest journey into the world of organizing on democratic principles. Continue reading
5 Opportunities in the Process Space for 2015
There are 5 key opportunities to participate in process space (BPM and ACM) in the next few months, and the deadlines are coming up, so don’t delay, and don’t miss out. Continue reading
Drucker Forum 2014 Update
It is time again for the Global Peter Drucker Forum. Here are some highlights of talks from John Hagel, Clayton Christensen, Gary Hamel and others. Continue reading
Assistants Transform Data, Synchronize as Well
In previous post I introduce a scenario for cooperation between doctors, and show that a personal assistant is a good way to connect those in real time. Here are some additional details that we should consider more carefully. Continue reading
Encryption Role in Data Security
Ed Snowdon spoke yesterday at the SXSW conference on the importance of using encryption to keep the data the runs our businesses (and personal life) safe. I refresh the call to eliminate the scary warning that browsers give when using a self-signed encryption key. It does not make anyone safer, and stands in the way of regular usage of HTTPS. Continue reading