02 Jan 2020
By Magnus Fälth
How to develop robust habits for OneNote

How to develop robust habits for OneNote

Archive, Habits for Office 365
It is important to make it as easy as possible to do the behaviours. So seeing up OneNote in a right way is crucial for you to be able to success with your new habit of using OneNote for managing your notes. Yes, it requires work. And yes it requires some learning. But without it gaining the habit of using OneNote for your note taking will be so much more difficult. Adding some friction to performing the old habit And as post of this is to friction to executing the old behavior in note taking. Maybe you have taken your…
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02 Jan 2020
By Magnus Fälth
How to develop robust habits for Microsoft To-Do

How to develop robust habits for Microsoft To-Do

Archive, Habits for Office 365
If you want to get into the habit of using the app To-Do for your daily task management, here are some suggestions as to what you can do. If you haven't read our general analysis of habits for Office 365, I recommend you do that first. The advice in this post build on that page, you see. Reduce the task. One suggestion is that you aim for fulfilling the follow habit for a number days: "I will open up the To-Do app every morning and perform the "My Day" planning for one task". Do you think it feels silly to…
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30 Dec 2019
By Magnus Fälth
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How to develop robust habits for Office 365

How to develop robust habits for Office 365

Archive, Habits for Office 365, , ,
Going from not making use of a specific app of Office 365 to using it on a daily basis requires the development of new habits (either one or several). In this post I'll take a look at how you can successfully develop new habits for the various Office 365 apps. Developing habits for the digital workplace is no different from developing habits for other areas in your life. So we can use the theory and practice of habit formation proposed by experts such as BJ Fogg, James Clear and Charles Duhigg (for good resources on habit formation, see our Resource…
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12 Dec 2019
By Magnus Fälth
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How you can keep up with the changes in Office 365

How you can keep up with the changes in Office 365

Archive, Change management
One aspect of taking on leadership for the digital workplace is to learn and use the apps of Office 365. When you are doing that you will notice that from one day to the next some features could have been added (and others removed or at least moved). Office 365 being a cloud platform allows Microsoft to do rapid development and release (as compared to the traditional distribution via CD-ROM:s). In this article we cover how you as a leader can keep up with the changes that are released for Office 365. First, let's take a look at why it…
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11 Dec 2019
By Magnus Fälth
The productivity scenarios for Office 365 we cover

The productivity scenarios for Office 365 we cover

Archive, Scenarios for Office 365
What exactly is a productivity scenario? Well, it answers the question: "How can I use Office 365 for achieving my wanted result?". In our productivity scenarios we provide a specific context, the apps that is to be used, and the expected value of the scenario. We also include the expected challenges that people before you have experienced. The productivity scenarios that we cover are listed below. For your personal productivity as a leader As a leader for the digital workplace, knowing how to handle your own personal information effectively is a key factor. It is true that your colleagues might…
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05 Dec 2019
By Magnus Fälth
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Leadership for the digital workplace

Leadership for the digital workplace

Archive, Digital workplace, Leadership
Let's start by taking a look at leadership for the digital workplace. First, leadership is not the same as management (which refers to the role in the organization's structure), so you don't have to be a manager in order to lead for the digital workplace. Instead it is about inspiring others and not being afraid to take action. In general for the digital workplace, there's a lack of people who are willing to venture into the unknown and then guide the others to follow, like a pioneer. Surely, there's a great deal of hurdles on the way, e.g. complexity and…
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14 Apr 2019
By Magnus Fälth
Scenario-based training for Office 365

Scenario-based training for Office 365

Archive, Scenarios for Office 365
What is a scenario for Office 365?Let's start with investigating what we define as a scenario. A scenario starts out with a strong people-centric approach, and leaves out the technology for the time being.We start with describing a situation at work, where usually there is one or several people who want to accomplish something.It could be: "I have to schedule a meeting with my team members, and allow for a structured approach to communicating before the meeting, run the meeting and take meeting notes that we can use to steer our actions after the meeting". How could I best accomplish this in…
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04 Feb 2019
By Magnus Fälth
How to plan for the setup of a Team

How to plan for the setup of a Team

Archive, Teams for collaboration
This morning a very pertinent question was raised by one of our Facebook community members where she was experiencing a problem in naming the channels for her newly created Team. Traditionally it's to the project manager the project members go to find the information they need but do not yet have access to. And the project manager provides that information either orally, by email, or at meetings. Now with Teams it is possible to let that information reside openly for everybody to access when they need to. This is a must if the project members are to be able to…
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08 Jun 2018
By Magnus Fälth
Digital transformation for the individual

Digital transformation for the individual

Archive, Digital transformation
Our mission as a company is to help people to handle best handle their own transformation process in respect of the on-going  technological paradigm. We humans must also evolve along side the technology advancements and many of us need help to do so. We will focus on the people aspects of the digital transformation that is taking place, and aim to be of help for anyone who is interested in working with themselves to keep up and thrive. We are at the start of our exploration of what the digital transformation encompasses for the information worker and we will be…
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