What is Yammer? Yammer is an Enterprise Social Network that was founded in 2008. Its main aim is to “bring together people, conversations, content, and business data in a single location”. Yammer was acquired by Microsoft Corporation in 2012 and is now part of the Microsoft Office Division.
5 Reasons why Dropbox limits business
When it comes to flexible storage solutions, nothing has made more of an impact than Dropbox. Having the privilege of watching many different companies and industries extract (or rather not extract) value from technology, I learnt long ago that you can’t argue with easy. People are screaming out for simplicity and Dropbox delivers that. With a few simple clicks you … Read More
Managing teams in different locations
There is an escalating trend for companies to have teams and individuals working in different locations and time zones. As this global workforce intensifies, more and more business owners will be faced with the challenges that a dispersed workforce presents. The most common issues we have seen arise include: Managing people in different locations Aligning the way dispersed teams create … Read More
Tips for better Process Documents
Our last article on Process Documentation was fairly high level and looked at some of the big picture thinking that is required to ensure the goal of creating a process driven culture is a successful one. Now let’s zoom right in and look at a few techniques that can give your process or procedure documents a bit of zing and … Read More
Fresh options for technology in your business (video).
There’s always an old way, until there’s a new way. If you need help making decisions on the future of technology in your business, Freshmethod can help.
Developing your cloud strategy – part 2
In our previous article, we began to explore our concept of cloud strategy. We covered off on the first step, which involves making a leap from dabbling in cloud platforms, to having a business with a cloud strategy at its core. The next two steps are designed to build out the strategy in such a way that business value is delivered via document … Read More
3 ways technology is changing organisational structure
It’s amazing to consider how the workplace has changed. Technology has enabled us to completely restructure how we communicate, work together, manage and measure productivity. Rather than reaching any kind of plateau, technology is set to further evolve our work environments and how we interact with our peers and managers. Evolving the Org Chart. “Darwin said that it’s not the … Read More
Co-authoring for greater collaboration
Remember the old “This file is locked for editing by another user” error message you’d get when trying to open a document across a file share? Thank goodness those days are over. If you’re still getting that error message, it doesn’t have to be this way! The wonderful world of co-authoring. If you’ve ever imagined being able to work on a … Read More