outlook 2014: 4 must-knows for teams and project managers

- tech literate

- demanding

- collaborative

and social online

Technology continues to shape us.

New technology shapes us (more than we shape technology.)

Our communication abilities increase exponentially.

Gutenberg > 4G. Work organizations and management adapt.

New science supports theories of humans as super collaborators.

Management theories adapt.

More to come in 2014. We will continue to adapt our behavior to match

the possibilities of technology.

The revolution of nonlinear management.

The revolution of nonlinear management.

Lean and Agile are here to stay, spreading to new industries.

Revival of the empowered work team. The people doing the work

should be the one’s planning it.

Stakeholders want to be involved – use them!

For 2014, your colleagues and customers might approach you with

new ways of working in 2014.

Visual management tools.

Visual management tools.

Static Gantt charts are out, live interactive kanban is in.

Visual tools allow us to collaborate AND transform work into a flow.

Intuitive and direct information, managers and stakeholders get full

insight without hassle.

Collaborate and plan simultaneously. Conversation tools increase

knowledge-sharing and creativity. This is how make kanban social.

Social technologies.

Social technologies.

Chat rooms, likes and sharing shape and reinforce productive

collaborative behavior.

Control through transparency.

Social = fun = effective = proven by science.

The need for an approach to online collaboration will continue to grow.

2014.

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