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F2F, trust is build of shared conversations, from which we gain an understanding of the other person, and shared commitments, from which we come to believe that a person will do what they say they will do.

The problem with much of the VTeam technologies today is that they are not optimized for conversation. We experience them as websites, not team centers. The tools for project management are robust, the tools for dialog are weak in many collaboration platforms.

Blogs are an answer, but perhaps not the best answer to thsi problem. Blogs are optimized for a Hyde Park experience - strolling from soap box to soap box, listening to proclamations, then standing on your own.

Good discussion forum software is optimized for, well, discussions. The integration of a strong discussion engine into a team center is, IMHO, the single best thing that can be done from a technology standpoint to support trust building.

(We have a white paper on creating and maintaining online communities that applies as well to online teams at http://www.q2learning.com that might be of interest in this regard.)

Thanks for wandering on by Rethink(IP) for this week’s installment of the Carnival of the Capitalists.  If you are scratching your head trying to figure out what the heck Rethink(IP) is all about – head on over to the Blawg... [Read More]