Advanced Collaboration Research

Sharing practical ways to engage in the Collaboration Revolution

New Book, Ilkka Kakko: "Oasis Way and the Postnormal Era: How Understanding Serendipity Will Lead You to Success"

It will describe the revolutionary change in our society and busi- ness fields that produces a transforming effect also on our innovation…
Brandon Klein Feb 11, 2015

Researchers can identify people behind 'anonymous' data 90% of the time

Big data — huge data sets that are often made publicly available to anyone who wants to analyze it — are supposed to be anonymous. The idea is to…
Brandon Klein Feb 11, 2015

Most HR Data Is Bad Data

How good a rater do you think you are? If you were my manager and you watched my performance for an entire year, how accurate do you think your…
Brandon Klein Feb 10, 2015

The Neurochemistry of Positive Conversations

Chemistry plays a big role in this phenomenon. When we face criticism, rejection or fear, when we feel marginalized or minimized, our bodies produce…
Brandon Klein Feb 10, 2015

Stop or not? How behavioral factors affect decisions related to work interruptions

Work, interrupted
Brandon Klein Jan 29, 2015

Rethinking Executive Education: A Program for Responding to Sudden Disruptions Caused by Dynamic Complexity

Lately, many social systems (i.e., countries, organizations and projects) are experiencing adverse situations that are characterized as “dynamic…
Brandon Klein Jan 28, 2015

John Kotter - The Eight Accelerators

1. Create a sense of urgency around a single big opportunity.
Brandon Klein Jan 25, 2015

The No. 1 Predictor Of Career Success According To Network Science

The bottom line? According to multiple, peer-reviewed studies, simply being in an open network instead of a closed one is the best predictor of…
Brandon Klein Jan 22, 2015

Predictions for 2015: Redesigning the Organization for A Rapidly Changing World

1. Technology has removed the barrier between work and life.
Brandon Klein Jan 07, 2015

Tapping the power of hidden influencers

Employee resistance is the most common reason executives cite for the failure of big organizational-change efforts.1 Winning over skeptical employees…
Brandon Klein Dec 30, 2014