Are We Getting Better At Collaborating In-Person?
The advances in web collaboration can’t be understated. We can text, chat, post cases, comment, reply, email, web conference, teleconference, second-life-it, skype-it, google-it, tag-it, upload, download and ftp-it. More businesses than not have reaped the collaboration rewards, however, as a culture are we neglecting the value of the face-to-face meeting?
Try this: the next time you’re in a meeting, try to figure out if people are collaborating or just meeting. By collaborating, I mean openly sharing ideas; “digging in”; discussing all sides of the issues; admitting mistakes honestly; reaching out to form teams; committing to projects, etc. Don’t worry, you’ll feel when collaboration happens.
Now, the real question is how can we add technology to face-to-face meetings without hurting the collaboration process? Well, below you can see a video of Bill Gates describing a white board with software. Perhaps this is the future white board? One that interacts with meeting participants…
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