Comments on: Manage what matters – collaboration

By: Harold Jarche » LMS is no longer the centre of the universe

Harold Jarche » LMS is no longer the centre of the universe — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:36:34 +0000

[...] In a networked economy, social learning is how we get things done. Training, based on solid documentation of processes and procedures, works well at lower levels of complexity and we can develop best practices. As complexity increases, we need more tacit knowledge, which cannot be documented. Conversation is a prime medium for the sharing of tacit knowledge and is the foundation for collaborative work. We need to communicate in order to collaborate. This is why organizations need to manage what matters – collaboration. [...]

By: Harold Jarche » Working online is different

Harold Jarche » Working online is different — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:21:48 +0000

[...] is getting people used to working at a distance. For instance, everything has to be transparent for collaborative work to be effective online. Using wikis or Google Documents means that everyone can see what the others [...]

By: Nicole Huett

Nicole Huett — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:31:36 +0000

A very clean perspective, rather a practical one! Thanks much for sharing all the thoughts and in a concise way. Simple tools and techniques is what we need to allow users to collaborate and effectively. Creating an environment, I liked the cafeteria part especially There are many such good examples of simple and effective tools which almost allows easy and effective collaboration withing users having even noticed that it is happening. I am an educationalist and have effectively used a great example http://www.funnelbrain.com that suits this write up, a good collaborative learning tool.

By: Harold Jarche

Harold Jarche — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:26:48 +0000

I’m very glad to hear that business is going well, Alexander. Yes, surviving counts as doing well. It does get a bit easier as time goes on.

By: alexanderhayes

alexanderhayes — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:21:48 +0000

Hi Harold,

A year on and I’m still managing to survive as a consultant. Collaboration is king. Common sense and tenacity is queen.

Somewhere amongst it all I count on your kind words a year ago that have enabled me to look out over a kingdom

By: Harold Jarche

Harold Jarche — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:05:05 +0000

Ah yes, those pesky walled gardens:

http://www.jarche.com/2008/05/walled-gardens/

Breaking down walls could be a full-time occupation:

http://www.jarche.com/2009/03/break-down-the-walls/

By: James

James — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:51:41 +0000

I’d say this can pretty much be applied to post-secondary obsession with the LMS. Stop trying to wall the garden and provide the tools for self-discovery. Good post.

By: Harold Jarche

Harold Jarche — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:12:29 +0000

The way I see it, Tony, is that co-operation is something that we all do (or will do) as contributing members of a networked society. Collaboration is more mission and organization specific. I think you’re right in that people who live co-operatively will find it easier to work collaboratively.

By: Tony Karrer

Tony Karrer — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:21:19 +0000

Harold – great discussion.

“For organizations, getting things done is what really matters, and that in my mind requires collaboration, which should be the primary focus of the organization.”

There are likely activities that require collaboration, but I think a fair bit of concept work only requires cooperation. In practice, maybe it comes to the same thing – reducing the effort required for collaboration so that it is more like cooperation.

By: Harold Jarche

Harold Jarche — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:14:55 +0000

Actually, I don’t believe that everyone has the same concept of knowledge. I believe that knowledge, especially implicit knowledge, is individual. We make it explicit through the creation of artifacts. Group “knowledge” is the combination of those artifacts (explicit) as well as the behaviours of its members (implicit).

The constraints you note on collaboration & cooperation make sense to me, Virginia, and confirm much of what I have observed.