Technology and Organizations
Blog URL http://www.TerriGriffith.com/blog
Located San Jose, California USA
Tags technology, virtual, teams, collaboration, management
I share observations and advice focused on technology in organizations -- collaboration, knowledge sharing. The National Science Foundation has sponsored my research on virtual teams and knowledge transfer.
Latest Blog Posts
- Challenge as Trigger for TOP Management on Nov 17, 2009 in Collaboration Sociotechnical Systems Savvy TOP Management disaster Microsoft Strong Angel III Suzanne Kirkpatrick
So you want to learn how to weave technology, organizations, and people together into a powerful organization… Then set yourself to a challenge. Suzanne Kirkpatrick (Microsoft) says her epiphany regarding the need to work with all three TOP di...
- Collocation in Distributed Development on Nov 11, 2009 in Collaboration TOP Management Distributed Development IBM Microsoft NetApp SAP SDForum
No, collocation in distributed development is not an oxymoron — and I have decades of experience behind my statement. SDForum and SAP hosted a panel for SAP’s global managing directors of their distributed development groups. (Distribut...
- Transparency: The New How & E2.0 Expo on Nov 6, 2009 in Change Collaboration Enterprise 2.0 Innovation Review TOP Management Web 2.0 The New How
Transparency is the concept of the quarter. Transparency has always been an important management topic (how much, with whom, about what). But I think we’re entering an era where transparency may have a chance of going mainstream. Three big t...
- Eugene Lee: Getting to Know You 2.0 on Oct 30, 2009 in Change Collaboration Enterprise 2.0 Situational Awareness Sociotechnical Systems Savvy TOP Management Web 2.0 Eugene Lee First 90 Days on-boarding Ross Mayfield Socialtext Transparency
Many management books (for example, The First 90 Days, p. 45) suggest that you have structured interviews with your direct reports when you first join a new organization. Eugene Lee followed this advice when he become CEO 2.0 (that’s how Ross M...
- Pressure for TOP Management is Increasing: Organizational Examples from Jonathan Zittrain’s Talk “Minds for Sale” on Oct 23, 2009 in Enterprise 2.0 Innovation Sociotechnical TOP Management Web 2.0 virtual work EPS Game google InnoCentive LiveOps Zittrain
Organizations are global, partnered with other organizations, and more and more run via virtual teams with limited physical interaction… and those are the recognizable organizations. There are other organizations that remain on the fringe in t...
- Budget as a Trigger for TOP Management: Examples from Eugene Lee of Socialtext on Oct 20, 2009 in Systems Savvy TOP Management budgeting Cisco Socialtext
Eugene Lee is CEO of collaboration/Enterprise 2.0 platform provider Socialtext. His resume includes leadership roles at Adobe, Cisco, and the co-founding of Beyond, Inc. He was kind enough to provide me with several examples of how he’s been a...
- TOP Management Research – Classic Study of Library Innovations on Oct 15, 2009 in Review Sociotechnical TOP Management Damanpour Evan Herbst libraries Tavistock
Really. Library innovations. In 1984 Damanpour and Evan published Organizational Innovation and Performance: The Problem of “Organizational Lag.” By organizational lag, they meant organizations adopt technical innovations faster than ad...




