Business Collaboration in the Modern Workplace

Learn how to collaborate effectively and stay connected with your team using the tools of the modern workplace.

Introduction

• Welcome
• The modern workplace—what's that?

1. The Toolset of Collaboration

• Collaboration in the modern workplace
• File management
• Co-editing
• Conversational tools: Email and chat
• Phones and virtual face to face
• Digital communities and teams
• Integrated suites
• Other productivity tools

2. Why Digital Collaboration?

• Efficiency
• Freedom
• Inspiration and cross-pollination
• Silos and hidden resources

3. Things to Consider

• Business requirements
• Mobile workforce
• Infrastructure
• Security
• BYOD/BYOA

4. Fostering a Modern Workplace: Culture Trumps Technology

• Engage early and often
• Utilize feedback in design
• Model desired behaviors to inspire
• Promote continuous learning and growth
• Enable agile principles in the modern workplace

5. Best Practices

• Stop sending attachments, start sending links
• Email vs. chat
• Mobile devices: Consumption vs. creation
• Phone calls vs. video conference
• Co-edit or control files?
• Communities as communication channels

Conclusion

• Shape of things to come: AI and the Internet of Things
• Where to go from here