InnerVentures

  • Slack acquisition – this feels personal

    I only say that because of my experience with a similar acquisition (when Yammer was acquired by Microsoft – disclosure) and that I was there at the birth of Enterprise Social. I’ve written lots before (latest posts) and so feel with this vested interest and experience I can also have an opinion as everyone else…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Writing skills for remote asynchronous work and how you can master them

    As we’ve moved to remote work, calling and virtual meetings have exploded (see chart below). Much is being done to simulate the advantages of in person meetings to get things done which is useful. But what if that gets abused? Wasted hours in meetings (virtual or physical) has become a trope for good reason. And…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • The innovation train and how best to lubricate the collaboration tracks

    It has been almost 20 years since the birth of the social web and maybe a little less for the enterprise which caught up later. In this brave new world, especially in the enterprise, email was to be replaced in favour of tools that were simple, social and collaborative. I’ve been in the business all…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Thought Rocket: State of Enterprise Collaboration

    As the title of this post suggests, this is a very quick thought on the state of enterprise collaboration, mostly captured in the form of a DanelDoodle – the one above. Some added thoughts/considerations: In my view, each new phase supplements the last, not replaces and all products and forms of activity still exist and…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Thought Rocket: The Conversation is the Collaboration

    Workplace chat is something I am heavily focused on at the moment, i.e. my customers use of Microsoft Teams. Either through lack of knowledge or legacy thinking, I’m faced with initial confusion. This quick video aims to tackle that. I’m trying to emphasise that it’s not about the many things I get asked to address…

    Stephen Danelutti