September 2005
Profiling a Virtual Team
How to avoid nasty surprises in supporting virtual teams
From my experience of working with teams, often due to business deadline pressures, we do not spend enough time at the start taking a quick look or Profile of the overall shape of the team.
What virtual collaboration can learn from the film industry
In an excellent paper (PDF), The Virtual Organisation – Technical or Social Innovation? Lessons from the Film Industry, Lucas Introna, Hope Moore and Mike Cushman from the London School of Economics explore the parallels and the lessons we can learn in trying to form effective virtual enterprises, virtual organisations, virtual teams and virtual networks.
A checklist for assessing virtual business networks
Ten questions to ‘healthcheck’ a collaborative business network
All business networks are not equal
New UK biotechnology network portal launched
A new network portal called esymbio has been launched by MerseyBIO, the life sciences sector support organization for Merseyside.
Warning teleworking can damage your career
"Work-life balance perks are not designed for people who want to shoot for the top"
