Blog
I am much more of a fox than a hedgehog. No, I don’t blog every day, but it’s fair to say that I’m pretty prolific. On this site, you’ll find a boatload of posts on the future of work, higher education, technology, platforms, communication, collaboration, analytics, and other topics. They generally fall into the following buckets: insights, provocations, musings, predictions, and rants. I write more about big ideas than listicles and snackable content. Finally, I inject humor often into my posts and freakin’ despise jargon. Click here to see an interactive word cloud and tree map of my posts’ tags.
How Many Slack Channels Do You Need?
In this quick video, I answer this frequently asked question.
Thoughts on Salesforce’s Acquisition of Slack
The collaboration hub isn’t dying. It’s just finding a new home.
Sample Pages From Reimagining Collaboration
The new book is starting to come together, baby.
Zoom For Dummies Audiobook Coming Soon
Listen to the dulcet tones of Gary Bennett.
Thinking Differently About Collaboration
We have entered the era of hubs and spokes.
Collaboration and Singing
Thoughts on the relationship between the two.
Three Challenges That I’ve Faced as a Writer
Being a professional scribe isn’t all puppy dogs and ice cream.
Looking for Collaboration Case Studies for My Next Book
Got a good tale to tell? Let’s chat.
Announcing My Next Book
Number 11 will focus on collaboration—a topic near and dear to my heart.
When Client Training Expectations and Reality Collide
Spotting red flags for custom classes.
Ruminations on the Future of Work
What might typical work day look like in 2028?
Zoom Tip #5: Zooming in on Yourself
A little magic thanks to a Logitech app.
Obliviousness in Higher Education
Some schools’ actions are downright absurd.
Thoughts on Zoom’s New Presentation-Sharing Features
It’s a step in the right direction but it’s not quite where it needs to be yet.
Zoom Education at the Bank
An everyday encounter illustrates a common misconception with the product.
Thoughts on Best-Selling Authors
Why I’m persnickety about this amorphous designation.
What do leadership and employee training have to do with collaboration?
Thoughts on how all of these topics overlap.
Citrix Is (Probably) Buying Wrike
Expect more enterprise software vendors to bolster their collaboration offerings.
Should your organization use more than one internal collaboration hub?
Thoughts on whether it’s a good idea to split your knowledge. TL;DR: It’s not.
Collaboration Hubs and the Future of Work
The latter hinges very much on the former.
The Hub-Spoke Model of Collaboration
Here’s the big idea at the center of Reimagining Collaboration.
Win a Copy of Reimagining Collaboration
I’m only asking for an honest review and a little social-media love.
Why I Wrote Reimagining Collaboration
A few thoughts on my motivation for writing the new book.
A Simple Model of Collaboration Maturity
A quick video from the book on how to think about this topic.
Publication of Reimagining Collaboration 🎊
My eleventh book has dropped. I’m not displeased.
Great Enterprise Software Vendors Steal
Make no mistake: This axiom applies to collaboration tools as well.