Matthew Clapp, an independent consultant, submits an opinion piece on CMS Watch–Collaboration First, Then Knowledge Management–wherein he opines, rants, and comments on the growing expense of large team face to face meetings, the need for ‘practical’ collaboration environments, the wisdom of pilot projects, and the importance of “a seamless integration path with any content repository.”
I am a ‘virtual’ knowledge worker. I have a home office, an office in Princeton, and offices at my clients’ workplaces. This week, I’ve been on the west coast attending Supernova2004, and visiting with clients and friends.
While here on the west coast I am staying in Berkeley at the home of a friend who is an awesome ‘virtual’ knowledge worker–working for a large global enterprise and providing invaluable services in conjuction with his work team. My friend works harder and longer than most large enterprise employees–and he is exceedingly effective at what he does. His home office is a model of a successful ‘enterprise’ virtual workplace.
