{"id":205370,"date":"2010-01-20T16:04:33","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T21:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/when-email-just-wont-do-global-teams-need-time-to-talk\/13928\/"},"modified":"2010-01-20T16:04:33","modified_gmt":"2010-01-20T21:04:33","slug":"when-email-just-won%e2%80%99t-do-global-teams-need-time-to-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/205370","title":{"rendered":"When email just won\u2019t do &#8211; Global teams need time to talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/globallydistributedteamsneedtotalk.jpg\" alt=\"When email just won&#8217;t do - Global teams need time to talk\"><\/p>\n<p>Modern technologies have made so many forms of collaboration possible that oft times the basics are overlooked, says Duke University management professor Jonathon Cummings. Globally distributed teams cannot rely entirely on technology to overcome time and space barriers; they still need to talk. And that probably means working some overlapping hours. Cummings developed these recommendations based on a multi-year study of 108 project teams in 53 locations in 22 countries at Intel&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/communications\/\" rel=\"tag\">Communications<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/duke+university\/\" rel=\"tag\">Duke University<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/productivity\/\" rel=\"tag\">Productivity<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/7431\/\">The Science of team &#8211; systematically enhancing performance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/x-prize-design-phase\/13357\/\">X Prize competition moves to next phase with 43 teams remaining<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/7458\/\">Apple iPhone upgraded even before release<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/chinese-teams-take-points-in-robotic-showdown\/9278\/\">Chinese teams take points in robotic showdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/4134\/\">DARPA GRAND CHALLENGE 2005: 40 Teams through to next round<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/intel-core-i7-fastest-processor\/10385\/\">Intel launches record breaking Core i7 desktop processor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/PUvQN4pof0DIcfFLRcLggCPZjKI\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/PUvQN4pof0DIcfFLRcLggCPZjKI\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/PUvQN4pof0DIcfFLRcLggCPZjKI\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/PUvQN4pof0DIcfFLRcLggCPZjKI\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=67oyvRcvqiA:FQOTxM4c0yg:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=67oyvRcvqiA:FQOTxM4c0yg:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=67oyvRcvqiA:FQOTxM4c0yg:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=67oyvRcvqiA:FQOTxM4c0yg:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=67oyvRcvqiA:FQOTxM4c0yg:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=67oyvRcvqiA:FQOTxM4c0yg:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=67oyvRcvqiA:FQOTxM4c0yg:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/67oyvRcvqiA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modern technologies have made so many forms of collaboration possible that oft times the basics are overlooked, says Duke University management professor Jonathon Cummings. Globally distributed teams cannot rely entirely on technology to overcome time and space barriers; they still need to talk. And that probably means working some overlapping hours. 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