About Joining Dots
from atoms to bits and back again
Joining Dots is an independent research-consulting practice helping
organisations improve the use
and value of information. Dots being connected include:
- Emerging trends capable of transforming business and social systems
- Technologies influencing how people find, share and use information
- What available resources can (and cannot) do to enable change
- The business and social value of information technology
Ongoing research covers a range of topics including: digital
technologies, behavioural economics,
decision analysis,
information design,
network theory, systems thinking and organisation studies.
Observations and
articles
are posted on the Blog and tagged in the
Library.
¨There's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path¨
For technology-independent solutions, we focus on evidence-based
research and real-world examples.
We leave theories to the academics. Nothing wrong with them but our
interest is in working solutions.
For technology-specific solutions, we specialise in Microsoft software
for systems installed onsite.
For
solutions hosted on the Internet, online services are still immature.
Keeping a close eye on Google,
Microsoft and start-ups crossing our radar, we take advantage of
available tools as they evolve.
Underpinning all activities is a passion to understand and improve
how systems work. We study what
happens when people,
information and technology collide. Hence the phrase 'from atoms to bits
and
back again'. Technology alone is rarely the
answer, you need
to join the dots...
Joining Dots was founded in 2006 by
Sharon Richardson who
has over 17 years industry experience.
Sharon previously worked at Microsoft and was
one of the
first people to specialise in SharePoint.
Before Microsoft, Sharon spent eight years within multi-national
corporations building collaborative
systems using available technologies.
Joining Dots Ltd is registered in England and Wales, company number:
5800018
EU VAT registration number: GB 889703269