Working out loud about Working Out Loud

Originally posted on My views from the edge:
I’ve heard lots of people tweeting and talking about Working out Loud or #WOL over the last year or so. It’s one of those things that I haven’t really gone to great lengths to understand: not because I’m not disinterested: far from it. I think it’s because I’ve accepted it at face value and have applied a common sense, intuitive approach to understanding its principles and practice, I guess I’ve taken a heuristic or ‘laxidazical’ approach. On one level, I think that’s fine and probably what many busy people do. With the… Continue reading Working out loud about Working Out Loud

Working Out Loud in Action – Catherine Shinners

Catherine Shinners (@catshinners) is a consultant and advisor helping Fortune 500 and Global 2000 clients bring high impact collaboration and social business capacities to their organizations, business processes and culture to generate new value, advance workforce engagement and productivity and deepen partner and customer relationships. Catherine blogs at http://www.collaboration-incontext.com/ and her business is Merced Group. Catherine is also a great fan of working out loud and shares her practice with us:  What do you recommend for someone considering starting a practice of working out loud? #divein – bring forward something from your immediate work context – a little problem or … Continue reading Working Out Loud in Action – Catherine Shinners

Working Out Loud in Action – Jochen Adler

Jochen Adler (@jochenadler) is a social workplace consultant and a fan of working out loud.  Jochen believes working out loud is a component of his quest to make work better.  For more on Jochen see jochenadler.com   How should people start working out loud? It’s a habit, and we all know how hard those are to sink in. What worked best at first for me, because I’m so schedule-driven, is frequent reminders on my calendar. They’ll pop up every once in a while, wherever I’ll be, prompting me: „What are you working on? Share!” What are the benefits and risks of working out loud? … Continue reading Working Out Loud in Action – Jochen Adler

Working Out Loud in Action – Luis Suarez

Luis Suarez (@elsua) is an enthusiastic advocate of working out loud. Luis Suarez is a Chief Emergineer and People Enabler. Most importantly since February 2008 he has been living a life without email. For more on Luis’ thoughts and insights check out elsua.net Luis shares his amazing practices of and considerable passion for working out loud: You are famous for your many year journey of Living in A World without email. What started your journey of working out loud? Thanks much for having me over here and for the opportunity to contribute into #WOLWeek. Exciting next few days ahead!   I … Continue reading Working Out Loud in Action – Luis Suarez