Thoughts and sketches from #ECTF16

Enterprise Collaboration Techfest (ECTF16)  was in Melbourne on February  29 and March 1 2016. The lineup included a number of my favourite international thinkers in the enterprise social and intranet space, so I was very pleased to be able to attend and absorb fascinating case studies and new ideas.

The high level themes that had a thread through many of the presentations and give me focus for my own work:

• Collaboration is about people
• Technology won’t solve people problems
• Culture eats technology (and strategy) for breakfast
• The physical environment still plays a part in the digital workplace

What I personally take away from this is a reminder about design needing to be people focussed, and an action to be less focussed on the tool and more focussed on behavioural aspects. Instead of dropping a new toy in their laps. What are we trying to help or change for people?

Here is a selection of my favourite concepts from individual presenters throughout the conference:

• Collaboration is a human activity. The collaboration paradox is “the more tools we have the less connected we seem” – Dion Hinchcliffe
• Are new tools needed? Focus on people and leverage existing tools. – Robyn Randell
• Without the why (of collaboration) we’re just like chickens fighting in the dark – Silvia Damiano
• 3 types of use cases to show the benefits of collaboration: wide, deep and replicable. – Sharon O’Dea
• Think of it as a ‘Digital Headquarters’, but don’t forget the physical counterpart. Both are important. – Paul Miller
• The group is smarter as long as everyone is contributing. – Sean Halloran

See more detail from a selection of presentations in my sketchnotes below.

More perspectives on ECTF16:

• Enterprise Collaboration TechFest Review – Intranetizen
• Summary of Enterprise Collaboration TechFest – Michelle Ockers
• Blab with Michelle Ockers and Sharon O’Dea discussing what came out of ECTF16

To add to the reading list:

• The Digital Renaissance of Work – Paul Miller
• Social Business by Design – Dion Hinchcliffe, Peter Kim
• Working Out Loud – John Stepper

Sketchnotes

Sketchnotes of Silvia Damiano at ECTF16. Building Trust to Optimise Collaboration.

Sketchnotes of Scott Delaney at ECTF16. Shining Analytics Inside – Uncover What Users Are Really Doing So You Can Help.

Sketchnotes of Robyn Randell at ECTF16. Fashioning New Ways of Engaging with Customers and Technology at Burberry.

Sketchnotes of Sean Hallohan at ECTF16. Delivering a Truly Collaborative Workforce.

Sketchnotes of Dion Hinchcliffe at ECTF16. Using Community to take Enterprise Collaboration to the Next Level.