Encouraging and Facilitating Collaboration at Work
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Michael Sampson discusses the importance of collaboration in the workplace, emphasizing the need for appropriate culture, governance, and user adoption to effectively leverage collaboration tools. He highlights challenges and strategies related to user adoption and outlines the intranet's role in facilitating collaboration. Closing thoughts encourage organizations to investigate collaborative strategies and begin their journey towards improved collaboration.
Encouraging and Facilitating Collaboration at Work
- 1. Encouraging and Facilitating Collaboration at Work Michael Sampson
- 2. Agenda About Michael Intranet—Reality Check What is Collaboration? Encouraging and Facilitating Closing Thoughts
- 3. 1 About Michael About Michael Intranet—Reality Check What is Collaboration? Encouraging and Facilitating Closing Thoughts
- 4. Where am I coming from? • Collaboration Strategist – Author – Workshop Leader – Analyst • Work with end-user organisations • Strategies for Making Collaboration Work – Culture – Governance – Adoption
- 5. Book2: SharePoint Roadmap • SharePoint Roadmap for Collaboration book • How to do “the business stuff” with SharePoint – Governance – Engagement – User Adoption – Quick Start michaelsampson.net/sharepointroadmap.html
- 6. Book3: User Adoption Strategies • User adoption is the #1 challenge with collaboration tools and approaches – Theory – Framework – Practical Strategies – Developing an Approach michaelsampson.net/useradoption.html
- 7. Book4: Collaboration Roadmap • Collaboration Roadmap – You’ve Got the Technology—Now What? • Doing “the business stuff” – Technology – Governance – Engagement – User Adoption michaelsampson.net/collaborationroadmap.html
- 8. 2 Intranet—Reality Check About Michael Intranet—Reality Check What is Collaboration? Encouraging and Facilitating Closing Thoughts
- 9. Corporate Communications “A place where Policies, we’re told stuff.” Procedures, Content “A place to read stuff.”
- 10. Corporate Communications “A place where Policies, we’re told stuff.” Procedures, Content Workflow, “A place to read Processes stuff.” “A place to do stuff.”
- 11. Policies, Corporate Procedures, Communications Content “A place where “A place to read we’re told stuff.” stuff.” Workflow, Collaboration Processes “A place to “A place to work with others.” do stuff.”
- 15. 3 What is Collaboration? About Michael Intranet—Reality Check What is Collaboration? Encouraging and Facilitating Closing Thoughts
- 16. Chemistry (elements) 3 chemistry culture contexts
- 17. 1 communication Talking Sharing Ideas Discussing Options Exploring Meaning Interacting Reflecting
- 18. 2 How we “do stuff agreements together” Rules of engagement Persist over time Up for re-negotiation Many are implicit
- 19. 3 Doing “stuff” Jointly agreed and action jointly executed Jointly agreed and individually executed Joint review and accountability
- 20. 4 The change “we” create/produce A “thing” (product or service) outcome A written document Greater understanding A decision
- 21. communication 1 agreements 2 action 3 outcome 4
- 22. Culture (values) 3 chemistry culture contexts
- 24. Openness to the ideas of others
- 25. Shared exploration of decisions
- 26. Shared risk and reward
- 27. Traditional, Collaborative, Hierarchical Participatory
- 28. Traditional, Collaborative, Hierarchical Participatory perfectly formed pronouncements radically fresh
- 29. Traditional, Collaborative, Hierarchical Participatory perfectly formed pronouncements radically fresh sign of failure feedback engagement
- 30. Traditional, Collaborative, Hierarchical Participatory perfectly formed pronouncements radically fresh sign of failure feedback engagement closely-held decision making widely-shared
- 31. Traditional, Collaborative, Hierarchical Participatory perfectly formed pronouncements radically fresh sign of failure feedback engagement closely-held decision making widely-shared individual risk and reward collective
- 32. Contexts (scenarios) 3 chemistry culture contexts
- 33. How we … discover opportunities Bayer MaterialScience (compounds) Publishing Firm (digital editions)
- 34. How we … work on projects
- 35. How we … discern expertise Department of Education (teachers)
- 36. How we … make decisions Clifford Chance Foundation
- 37. 4 Encouraging and Facilitating About Michael Intranet—Reality Check What is Collaboration? Encouraging and Facilitating Closing Thoughts
- 38. verbs (doing words) Encouraging – help or stimulate, give support Facilitating – make easy or easier
- 40. “I don’t know how to work with them” “I didn’t know about the opportunity” “It’s not my job” “I can’t see any value or benefit” “I don’t have the right tools”
- 41. “I don’t know how to work with them” “I didn’t know about SHAREDPRACTICE the opportunity” OPPORTUNITY “It’s not my job” “I can’t see any ROLEAWARENESS value or benefit” PURPOSE “I don’t have the right tools” TECHNOLOGY
- 42. “I can’t see any value or benefit” 5 purpose opportunity shared practice role awareness technology
- 43. CORE VALUE 1 Improve Process Efficiency Reducing Travel Expenses Working Together Regardless of Location Reducing Process Activity Time
- 44. CORE VALUE 2 Increase Process Effectiveness Improving Meeting Effectiveness Improving Activity Coordination Improving Decision Agility
- 45. CORE VALUE 3 Increase Organisational Effectiveness Reducing Duplication of Effort & Deepening Learning Becoming “One Firm” to Leverage Scale and Expertise Enhancing Organisational Memory
- 46. CORE VALUE 4 Encourage Innovation Bringing People Together with Different Backgrounds Getting Input on Projects from Outside Experts
- 47. CORE VALUE 5 Improve Communication Improving Shared Understanding of Project Status Reducing the Cost of Communication Reducing Time-to-Contact
- 48. CORE VALUE 6 Deepen Customer Intimacy Organisational Interaction Shared History for First Face-to-Face
- 49. “I didn’t know about the opportunity” 5 purpose opportunity shared practice role awareness technology
- 50. Let’s play a game …
- 51. 10 year old daughter running trains dancing holiday in Africa writing poetry cats photography swimming reading science fiction
- 53. Executive Manager Team Leaders Team Members “My Job”
- 54. Broader purpose
- 57. Making use of the resources I have available to me to optimise performance
- 58. Optimiseorganisational value Pan-organisational Pan-organisational Executive Share the greater purpose Cultivate best opportunities Facilitate connections
- 59. Executive Optimise department value Departmental opportunities Departmental relationships Manager
- 60. Executive Manager Optimise project value Project opportunities Project relationships Employee
- 61. How to raise the ceiling? Use people with a broader view Use technology to broaden view
- 62. discover highlight communities new what’s of interest opportunities happening and practice
- 63. encourage organisational effectiveness vision facilitate sharing of ideas is valued culture technology communities of practice intranet
- 64. activity discover highlight streams new what’s with opportunities happening #hashtags
- 65. encourage organisational effectiveness vision facilitate know what’s happening for others culture technology activity streams with #hashtags intranet
- 66. connect reduce expertise for search directory interaction friction
- 67. encourage encourage innovation vision facilitate connect with internal experts culture technology expertise directory intranet
- 68. presence connect reduce and for search availability interaction friction status
- 69. encourage improve communication vision facilitate reducing time-to-contact culture technology presence and availability status intranet
- 70. “I don’t know how to work with them.” 5 purpose opportunity shared practice role awareness technology
- 71. Awareness We can work Respect together effectively Trust
- 72. Drink coffee. Eat lunch.
- 73. Start small.
- 74. Be excellent at what you do.
- 75. encourage organisational effectiveness vision facilitate cultivate relationships culture
- 76. encourage organisational effectiveness vision facilitate cultivate relationships culture technology news articles that profile people intranet
- 77. “It’s not my job to collaborate.” 5 purpose opportunity shared practice role awareness technology
- 78. But … creating value for your organisation is your job
- 79. What’s the opportunity from collaboration? Where’s the vision for collaboration from senior executives?
- 80. “I don’t have the right tools.” 5 purpose opportunity shared practice role awareness technology
- 81. Find out … what tools your organisation has to offer
- 82. Make a case … for better tools
- 83. But … do it within the right context
- 84. 5 Closing Thoughts About Michael Intranet—Reality Check What is Collaboration? Encouraging and Facilitating Closing Thoughts
- 85. CLOSING THOUGHTS 1 The Intranet has a role to play in encouraging and facilitating collaboration
- 86. CLOSING THOUGHTS 2 Investigate collaborative thinking/strategies in your organisation
- 87. CLOSING THOUGHTS 3 Make plans to start your collaboration journey
- 88. Michael Sampson Web — www.michaelsampson.net Twitter — @collabguy