When we coordinate projects, we run into two types. The ones like me that check email too often (I am going to try to move to the 10, 1, and 4 approach that I wrote about in Day 19) and then the people who NEVER check their email. Yes, there are those kind of people too. We want them to check their email and for the others who get so much, we want them to learn how to deal with it effectively.

Thanks for the comment and the link. I am fascinated by collaboration and the technologies and soft skills that support it. I will be checking out your site more.

Roxanne

I like to think back in time and see how collaboration has evolved- this is an article that explains it well http://bit.ly/alEbc6

The fact of the matter is that if we go back to the core tenets of collaboration that you have mentioned, we will be more successful.

However, your first point about e-mail, I disagree with. This is the last thing you should do- and more more than twice per day. We should all move to collaborative tools and e-mail is intrinsically non-collaborative.