Its 2pm in Europe, 8pm in Singapore, 9pm in Tokyo and 8am in New York, the same day, 10th September 2009.
I fire up my ooVoo. I click and call the four team members and we all appear on the computer screen in high quality. It looks like the video links that you see everyday on the television news.
Because I can see everyone, it is a very similar feeling to all sitting around a meeting table.
We talk naturally most of the time.
For 50 minutes we work our way through an agenda that includes, as a main topic, an overview of a collaborative work space that we have just set up and all need to start using. As a team of knowledge management and innovation experts and practitioners, we are going to compile a manual and courseware with a list of essential and highly desirable KM Tools, Techniques and Technologies.We aim to complete the first draft by the end of this year.
I think that, for fast and cost effective knowledge transfer, videoconferencing like this must be top of the list for me, as an essential tool.
After the video conference on the internet, I got myself a cup of coffee and reflected for a few minutes. Just a couple of weeks ago we were all together, as a team for the first time, in Singapore. In just a few days, we got to know one another and we started to build relationships, trust and respect, and a sense of optimism in working together. Now, two weeks later, I feel like I have physically attended a further meeting with them all. We agreed to have our second meeting, and first learning review, in two weeks time.
Please follow this blog, labelled 'Planetary Knowledge' and watch this space if you wish to follow my experiences in attempting to develop effective virtual knowledge working.Your feedback is most welcome.
(from the book under development
Planetary Knowledge - effective knowledge working in a global knowledge economy)
Ron Young
PS I have absolutely no financial interest in the tools I will describe in this book. I simply wish to openly share my experiences of those that work well.
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"I think that, for fast and cost effective knowledge transfer, videoconferencing like this must be top of the list for me, as an essential tool."
ReplyDeleteYeah, I must agree. The interaction that happens in video conference is better than just exchanging instant messages. It's just like talking to the your team members in person.
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