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07 Sep 2011

5 Great Things About Silos

by Sam Marshall
in Collaboration, Communications, Digital Workplace, Knowledge Management
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[caption id="attachment_511" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo: Calvin Dellinger http://www.flickr.com/photos/cstreetus/3381285097/[/caption]For many years the mantra in knowledge management, and more recently in collaboration circles, has been: "We need to break down silos" Yet silos are so common that I've been wondering if they have a role to play, or if they're an unfortunate side-effect of something else? Here, then, is my list of 5 great things about silos:They can foster...

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04 Aug 2011

Collaborating or Communicating?

by Sam Marshall
in Collaboration, Communications, Governance, Intranets, SharePoint
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One of the questions I increasingly encounter with intranet governance is when to use team sites (collaboration areas) and when to use publishing sites (‘intranet’ pages). It's important to be clear about when somethign is still work-in-progress and you want people to make changes (collaboration), and when it is a product that you are disseminating (communication).A variant is when to put content on a department...

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