Being in close proximity to each other is how we have traditionally harnessed, and leveraged, our collective knowledge.

Then along came technology.

Asking if technology has changed communication is like asking if the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has changed the climate.

We inherently know it has, but we are so immersed it’s hardly noticeable.

Sure, we still meet, talk, and work together, but because of technology we are not as closely tethered to each other anymore.

Do we need to come together, face-to-face, to build consensus or can we do that remotely too?

How does this affect corporate culture? (more…)