The network era workplace requires collaboration and cooperation because complex problems cannot be solved alone. Companies have to foster richer and deeper connections which can only be built over time through meaningful conversations. Tweet. Tacit knowledge, that which cannot be codified or put into a database, needs to flow. MORE >>

Recommendation: People should be examining Cisco's announcements this week more broadly that just a SaaS Collaboration/Web 2.0 Predictions: WebEx Connect will need a strong IdM (Identity Management) play and will do so either through expanding what exists within PostPath or through an acquisition or a deep partnership. Tooling. Others? MORE >>

With a growing proportion of the workforce already being highly mobile, coupled with an increasing number of workers are expecting to bring their own devices to work, it’s clear that picking the right collaboration apps to keep workers productive while on the go is vital to business success. Document-based collaboration. Soonr. MORE >>

The primary role of the “training&# department [or whatever it becomes] for any knowledge-based business is to Connect & Communicate. So that makes three value adding activities in the digital economy: aggregating, filtering, and connecting. Connect – ongoing conversations while working collaboratively. MORE >>

The Internet has allowed me to self-publish at will and get connected to a growing network of people, several of whom I have had opportunities to collaborate with. There are no more hierarchies between creation and collaboration. Never before has it been so easy to collaborate. Communities InternetTime MORE >>