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We live in strange times. These are workers without a workplace, striking against a company that does not employ them. They are managed not by people but by an algorithm that communicates with them via their smartphones. And what they are rebelling against is an app update.

Microsoft announced new Yammer integration with Office 365 Groups. The integration gives users access to SharePoint sites and document repositories, a shared OneNote notebook, and task management with Planner.

New research from Henry Siu at the University of British Columbia and Nir Jaimovich from Duke University shows just how much the world of routine work has collapsed. The economists released a paper today, published by the centrist Democratic think tank Third Way, showing that over the course of the last two recessions and recoveries, a period beginning in 2001, the economy's job growth has come entirely from nonroutine work.

Collaboration is a mindset and set of skills. It is also a messy and occasionally frustrating activity, and in the short term can even take longer than not collaborating. But long term, effective collaboration provides far stronger results. But to get there, we must first take a look at ourselves.

How do you meet the needs of your business and create a social intranet that people actually want to use? Read our 5 stage process to help you simply succeed.

Strong evidence indicates that imitation and innovation have been driving the spread of Enterprise 2.0 tools. Using modeing techniques,McKinsey found that 35 percent of the companies had adopted social technologies in response to their adoption by competitors.

"The next generation of social technologies is beginning to transform the way people communicate and work with each other, according to a new survey."