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Working Out Loud in Action: Paul Woods

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Paul Woods is Founder at Adopt & Embrace, an organisation that helps organisations make the most of Office365 through user adoption and unlocking real business value.  Paul is also the creator of The Yaminade, a podcast devoted to Yammer adoption. Simon Terry: As an Office 365 MVP and a specialist in adoption, you have seen a lot of organisations setting out to create value through openness and collaboration, what characterises the successful efforts in your experience? Paul Woods: The number one factor we have seen is clearly communicated vision and values that are (generally) lived and breathed by the organisation. … Continue reading Working Out Loud in Action: Paul Woods

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Working Out Loud in Action – Ayelet Baron

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Ayelet Baron (@ayeletb) helps people thrive – she is a global strategist who speaks, writes and consults people and organizations to gain a 21st century edge. Today Ayelet is at the forefront of fixing what’s broken in business and transforming organizations Ayelet shares how working out loud is much more effective than meetings: 1) What do you recommend for someone considering starting a practice of working out loud? When we have the right people having more conversations, we can co-create. Working out loud enriches my work by getting thoughts and insights, even from people who disagree and bring divergent points of … Continue reading Working Out Loud in Action – Ayelet Baron

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Working Out Loud Interviews – Scott Ward

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Scott Ward is Founder & CEO of Digital Infusions, specialists in digital strategy and transformation – social is the cornerstone of this activity. Scott’s business helps organisations after they rollout a social network, get a burst of excitement and activity but have no idea what to do with it next. Digital Infusions shows them how they can use social to target the specific objectives of the organisation and evolve capabilities such as innovation and collaboration. What benefits do you see from your practices of working out loud? The number one thing is the unlocking of synchronicity.  Quite often people are able … Continue reading Working Out Loud Interviews – Scott Ward

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Working Out Loud Interviews – Cornelia Heinke

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Cornelia Heinke likes to be called Conny and has been facilitating John Stepper’s working out loud circles in her organisation. Conny is responsible for agility and community management for the Division Automotive Aftermarket at Bosch. Conny shares her story of how working out loud enabled her to start a conversation to manage her workload. What benefits do you see from your practices of working out loud? Working Out Loud helps us to reach our targets faster and with better results. In huge organisations, it stops silo thinking. It shows us that we needn’t spend that much money on training courses, but instead … Continue reading Working Out Loud Interviews – Cornelia Heinke

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#WOLWEEK INTERVIEW: MELANIE HOHERTZ

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Melanie Hohertz is the Online Engagement Lead at Cargill, a global provider of food, agriculture, financial and industrial products and services. Melanie  is a frank and high-energy collaboration network manager, known for her passion about the issues that matter. In the Office 365 Customer Community she is recognized by the Yammer community as a leader and she has been recognised by Microsoft, which made her a Most Valuable Professional in 2016. Here is an exploration of Melanie’s practice of working out loud and how it stretches her world. You’ve commented that you would like to see a better balance of public and … Continue reading #WOLWEEK INTERVIEW: MELANIE HOHERTZ