The Xpragmatic View is a management-oriented publication where we give our very personal, sometimes controversial, view on management thinking on the intersection of technological evolution, organisational change and business strategy: a messy world of unfulfilled promises. http://www.xpragma.com/ Copyright 1999-2009 Xpragma bvba en-gb Sat, 5 May 2012 12:55:15 +0200 marc.buyens@xpragma.com Sat, 5 May 2012 12:54:02 +0200 marc.buyens@xpragma.com FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.3.1) http://www.feedforall.com http://www.xpragma.com/english/skin/images/xpv.gif http://www.xpragma.com/ 0 0 Consultants are no futurists. However, while being involved in the promotion of new, emerging technologies, we somewhat become futurists and then, we should also act so. http://www.xpragma.com/view195.php marc.buyens@xpragma.com thinking http://www.xpragma.com/view195.php Sat, 5 May 2012 12:54:02 +0200 To a large extent, our thinking is conditioned by what we know is possible. Therefore, our solutions often only address the symptoms of a problem instead of the root causes. http://www.xpragma.com/view194.php marc.buyens@xpragma.com thinking http://www.xpragma.com/view194.php Sat, 7 Apr 2012 10:55:33 +0200 Collaboration is the participation of independent actors in mutual interactions to deliver a specific result, either chosen or not. The so-called collaboration is the result of the interactions that occur, but collaboration is not the purpose. http://www.xpragma.com/view193.php marc.buyens@xpragma.com collaboration http://www.xpragma.com/view193.php Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:05:13 +0100 More and better collaboration has always been the mantra of Enterprise 2.0. Is Enterprise 2.0 a game changer for collaboration? http://www.xpragma.com/view192.php marc.buyens@xpragma.com collaboration http://www.xpragma.com/view192.php Sat, 10 Mar 2012 08:59:03 +0100 Collaboration within the enterprise is difficult because most of the defence mechanisms that exist in normal social contexts cannot be deployed within the enterprise. http://www.xpragma.com/view191.php marc.buyens@xpragma.com collaboration http://www.xpragma.com/view191.php Sat, 3 Mar 2012 11:47:23 +0100 Words are an extremely poor representation of our reality and it only gets worse when we write them down, especially in PowerPoint. http://www.xpragma.com/view190.php marc.buyens@xpragma.com collaboration http://www.xpragma.com/view190.php Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:50:54 +0100 We have looked at how companies collaborate, so now let's move on to individuals. http://www.xpragma.com/view189.php marc.buyens@xpragma.com collaboration http://www.xpragma.com/view189.php Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:58:35 +0100 The basic premise of collaboration is simple: working together to achieve a common goal. However, can it be done without consequences? http://www.xpragma.com/view188.php marc.buyens@xpragma.com collaboration http://www.xpragma.com/view188.php Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:27:28 +0100 Like most things in life, collaboration is a simple thing. However, we humans have tendency not to think too much about simple things and then, they seem to become complex, since they rarely work out as planned. This paper is an exercise in simple thinking about simple things so that we might understand what makes them really work. http://www.xpragma.com/view187.php marc.buyens@xpragma.com collaboration http://www.xpragma.com/view187.php Sat, 4 Feb 2012 12:07:03 +0100 In this complex world we live in, most decisions require the involvement of multiple individuals. However, we must be aware of the fact that decisions are never made by a group, but always by individuals. http://www.xpragma.com/view186.php marc.buyens@xpragma.com collaboration http://www.xpragma.com/view186.php Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:48:12 +0100