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The Clarrus Compendium (ISSN: 1703-7107) is a brief monthly digest that looks at different themes affecting team dynamics. At times common sense, at times irreverent, at times provocative – the intent is to get you to look at things from different angles – maybe you’ll find solutions to some of your current challenges.
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- Now syndicated into informIT network’s blog site,
- The Cutter IT E-Mail Advisor has picked up a number of articles (21 times so far!), and now two in the Cutter Agile E-Mail Advisor
- The newsletter has been syndicated into the Technology section of Opinion 250 – The Voice of the North
- A recent article was leveraged to help drive the Project Kickstart software package
- The initial issue was reproduced in Seattle24×7,
- Patrick O’Beirne’s Systems Modelling Ltd. in Ireland has used several issues,
- Articles are periodically reproduced in the Mayo Clinic’s internal IT Newsletter,
- Linked to from Kevin Eikenberry’s Unleash Your Potential eZine and his blog, and
- Referenced to from more blogs from Belgium and India, as well as a Portuguese IT Talks site.
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“Another excellent article – we were just discussing this very subject in a course I recently taught. I forwarded your article to everyone in the class, so you might expect a few more subscribers soon…” – Bruce Butler, PEng, Senior Systems Engineer, Modular Mining Systems Canada
One of the most simple and powerful ways of building up knowledge and common understanding within an organization is to host a series of informal learning sessions. Whether the topic is directly related to the task at hand or simply a get together to catch up on someone’s recent vacation, the value of fostering communication with everyone in the same room is tremendous. These topics can serve as lunch-and-learn events, breakfast seminars, or introductory sessions, from one-hour presentations to half-day workshops… [details]
