When I sit down at my desk each day, I check email, Facebook, Twitter, MacRumors, Gizmodo, Backstreets, CNN and Rollingstone.com. Make fun of my website choices if you must, but this is my routine. This is my habit. I became keenly aware of the habits we create for ourselves when rolling out a Yammer enterprise … Continue reading Top 5 Ways to Create a Yammer Habit
One Perfect Song: Anchorage
“Anchorage” Written and Recorded by Michelle Shocked Released August 15, 1988 First of all, who is Leroy, and why is he peppering Michelle with so many questions??? Well, maybe it's Michelle's fault. After all, she wrote the letter. We have all found ourselves on the precipice, on the edge of trying to decide whether we … Continue reading One Perfect Song: Anchorage
5 Easy Rules of Yammer Replies
Silence and stillness provide empty space. Space for us to wonder, space for us to question, space for us to make our own assumptions. Sometimes, silence exists, sometimes it is created. In our connected world of email, phone calls and social networks, that rarest sense of silence and stillness is created when replies to messages … Continue reading 5 Easy Rules of Yammer Replies
One Perfect Song: Up on The Roof
“Up on The Roof” Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King Recorded by The Drifters Released 1962 Cities can be crowded places. They are busy, hot and loud. The buildings tower overhead, blocking out the sun and the stars. It's easy to imagine what peace and happiness a little sky, and a little stillness, may … Continue reading One Perfect Song: Up on The Roof
Working Out Loud with The Boss
Generally, we work better and smarter, and our organizations are more transparent and collaborative, when we can work "out loud." When we share work in progress with colleagues, they are better informed, and our work can inform their work. When we share what we don't know, or mistakes we have made, we can learn in … Continue reading Working Out Loud with The Boss
Rock and Roll Easter Eggs
Wikipedia defines an Easter egg as a "hidden message, or a secret feature." In software, it could be a simple game that appears when a certain keyboard combination is used, or on a DVD, hidden features are revealed when a menu image is selected. Rock and roll is filled with wonderful Easter eggs. An Easter … Continue reading Rock and Roll Easter Eggs
3 Effective Ways to Bring a Smile in Yammer
GIF's are not a sophisticated means of communication, they are short animated images that many people find annoying, cringe worthy and sometimes seizure inducing. They can be bright, flashy and loud, even though there is no sound. Enterprise Social Networking platform Yammer recently introduced the ability to include GIF images in posts. In an earlier … Continue reading 3 Effective Ways to Bring a Smile in Yammer
One Perfect Song: When I Fall in Love
“When I Fall in Love” Written by Victor Young and Edward Heyman Recorded by Nat King Cole Released April, 1957 A perfect song is timeless. A perfect song is a song that spans years and generations, and will be free of style and instrumentation that identify it with a certain stylistic period. A perfect song … Continue reading One Perfect Song: When I Fall in Love
6 Degrees of Working Out Loud
Many of us work on a precarious razor's edge balancing a need for privacy and confidentiality on one hand, and the benefits and advantages of working openly and transparently on the other hand. Where can we find the most advantage? What will serve our needs, and the needs of our colleagues and organization the best? … Continue reading 6 Degrees of Working Out Loud
One Perfect Song: Have a Little Faith in Me
"Have a Little Faith in Me" Written by John Hiatt Recorded by John Hiatt Released May 29, 1987 It is said that the music you encounter in your late teens and early 20's is imprinted on you for the rest of your life. This is the music you love, the music you always go back … Continue reading One Perfect Song: Have a Little Faith in Me
