Tweet In May I asked what interesting  new hire practices have emerged in the workplace and later re-posted the question to Google+. There are many good practices, such as: Dedicated coaches. Using collaboration platforms to enable better communication. Good practices can be summed up with three key lessons: Connect People. MORE >>

I had a great day on Tuesday exploring a Community of Practice that has formed within a NSW local government council. Tags: Collaboration This group call themselves the green champions and 40 representatives across the council participate to make sustainability an integral part of every staff member's daily activities. MORE >>

This seems to be the direction of most of the "best practice" discussions I have seen in KM circles. Unfortunately, the thing that best practices usually focus on is the obvious actions that have changed. But isn't there something to the idea of best practices that could be beneficial? Sounds like a good idea, right? Of course. MORE >>

Hopefully, the Review is somewhat related to an eventual Thesis so I've tried to pull together some thoughts on how to improve work practices in times of change (explained below). Improving Work Practices in Times of Change. Gartner, Burton Group) researching topics related to collaboration, social networking, and “Enterprise 2.0”. MORE >>

Practice 1: collect a set of anecdotes around a topic of interest. This idea was made clear to Shawn when he was giving a workshop to about 80 professors at Melbourne University on ways to improve collaboration. Practice 2: Create new experiences for your team where they experience and feel a totally new way of thinking. MORE >>