Yes, it may seem like creating a document and sending it to a few team members over email is the easiest solution, but it can quickly become a nightmare of merged edits and too many versions, all going in different directions. Here are a few document collaboration tips and best practices  to reduce the pain and make you more efficient. MORE >>

As individuals and as a species, I believe we will be happier and more productive if we can improve our ability to communicate. This blog is dedicated to that effort. 16 October 2007 Visual thinking practice: How to draw a stick dog stickdog , originally uploaded by dgray_xplane. Join the conversation! Hey there! MORE >>

Consider this: managers spend between 30 to 80 percent of their time in meetings and more than 50 percent of them consider many meetings to be a “waste of time.&# When you add in the complexity of leveraging the Internet for hosting distributed meetings online, it is even more difficult to ensure a successful result. MORE >>

As individuals and as a species, I believe we will be happier and more productive if we can improve our ability to communicate. This blog is dedicated to that effort. Today Im going to teach you to draw a stick figure the way we do it at XPLANE. The placement of the head in relation to the body is essential. MORE >>

Many managers these days are trying to identify members of their organization who will embrace social media tools and practices within their organization. It reflects a shift in thinking from the preliminary questions of Why and Whether to the intermediate question: How? She'll totally get what we're trying to do!". MORE >>