JDMcDsblog

This is the title of an excellent blog i have recently started to read. Written by Dave Gray of St Louis,Missouri, it provides some very useful ideas and stimulating visuals on how to improve the art of communication. there is a really helpful flow chart on today’s post which identifies which method of communication is the most important for any given situation, eg when to use wikis, when to use e-mail, etc. I like his reasons why we don’t always communicate effectivelyor use faulty judgement at times-eg habit, poor physical space which inhibits face to face communication and,

“Unavailability: Some organizations refuse to allow IM, blogs, wikis or free collaboration tools or ‘free’ tools that need to be downloaded to each PC, for security or centralized management reasons. Obviously, if the tools aren’t available, less appropriate tools have to be used.”