I have the privilege of advising clients around the world on making collaboration work -- both through people attending my public seminars around the world, as well as in-house workshops, seminars, and consulting engagements.
Here is a partial list of the direct client work I have undertaken for clients over the past 10 years:
- University (New Zealand, 2012) ... Presentation of a workshop on user adoption, and facilitation of a discussion on collaboration strategy and developing an approach to user adoption for a new SharePoint-based intranet.
- Veterinary Services Organization (New Zealand, 2012) ... Engagement with vets and other professional staff for co-discovery of opportunities for a new Intranet and collaboration platform.
- Project Management Organization (New Zealand, 2012) ... Advice on an approach to engagement and user adoption for a new suite of collaboration tools from IBM, including Connections, Sametime, and FileNet.
- Professional Services Organization (Global, 2012) ... Presentation of a workshop on user adoption, and facilitation of a discussion on collaboration strategy and developing an approach to user adoption for a new SharePoint-based team collaboration application.
- Government Agency (Europe, 2012) ... Presentation of the user adoption workshop, to help guide planning and thinking in advance of deploying a new SharePoint-based collaboration environment.
- Faith-Based Organization (Global, 2011) ... Presentation of a workshop and facilitation of a discussion on collaboration strategy and user adoption approaches for representatives from four global centers. The focus was on opportunities for gaining value from IBM Connections and IBM Quickr.
- Professional Services Organization (New Zealand, 2011) ... Engagement with lead business users and managers for co-discovery of business requirements for a new Intranet and collaboration platform.
- Central Government Department (New Zealand, 2011) ... External review of the Intranet, with recommendations on improvement. Also strategic input into various knowledge management and collaboration strategies.
- High-Tech Organization (New Zealand, 2011) ... Strategic audit of the collaboration strategy and use of Jive to support different forms of collaboration within the firm.
- University (London, 2011) ... Facilitation of a workshop on collaboration strategy and user adoption, aligned with introducing Lotus Connections to academics, professional staff, and students over the foreseeable future.
- Development Finance Organization (Washington DC, 2010) ... Facilitation of capability development in the area of user adoption strategies for new collaboration tools and approaches.
- Risk Management Firm (Norway, 2010) ... Facilitation of capability development in the area of user adoption strategies for new collaboration tools and approaches, along with drafting the initial strategy.
- Legal Services Firm (United States, 2005-current) ... Strategy review and input for collaboration and document management services.
- Non-Government Organization (Italy, 2010) ... Presented and facilitated a workshop on effective collaboration human practices, and effective decisions with the technology.
- Research Organization (New Zealand, 2005 and 2010) ... Review and input into their collaboration strategy.
- Research Organization (New Zealand, 2008) ... Research into the collaboration and work practices impact of introducing an advanced network into two research-focused organizations.
- High-Tech Organization (New Zealand, 2008) ... Presented a workshop on collaboration market trends, and facilitated a session on collaboration strategy and requirements.
- Research Organization (United States, 2008) ... Input into collaboration and user adoption strategy.
- Insurance Firm (United States, 2008) ... Input into collaboration and governance strategy.
- New Entrant Vendor (New Zealand, 2010) ... Input into their new collaboration product strategy.
- Industry Analyst Firm (United States, 2009-current) ... Analysis and input into market research reports. See Osterman Research.
- Government Finance Organization (London, 2010) ... Strategy development for governing SharePoint.
- Professional Services Firm (London, 2007) ... Input into collaboration strategy and decision approach when selecting a new collaboration technology platform.
- Strategy Consulting Firm (New York, 2007) ... Development of scenarios for new ways of working, as input into the collaboration strategy.
- Government Agency (New Zealand, 2005) ... Creation of a customer relationship management system.
- Government Agency (New Zealand, 2005-2007) ... Creation of a customer relationship management and leadership development system.
- Governance Agency (New Zealand, 2004-2005) ... Creation of an integrated system for managing projects and relationships.
- Industry Analyst Firm (United States, 1998-2004) ... Research and authoring of many industry reports on messaging and collaboration. See Ferris Research.
Please get in contact to discuss how Michael can advise your organization on making collaboration work.
