Comments on: Exploring culture and technology: Day 3 http://www.christinemartell.com/2008/07/exploring-culture-and-technology-day-3/ Exploring with Images Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:39:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christine Martell http://www.christinemartell.com/2008/07/exploring-culture-and-technology-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-502 Christine Martell Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:02:03 +0000 http://www.christinemartell.com/?p=452#comment-502 Valli, It was a pleasure to meet you at SIETAR at SIIC. The re-entry can be intense! Hope to hear more from you, and about the work you do when things settle down a bit. I find it takes me about as long as the session to recover afterward- so you may have a while to go :) Valli,
It was a pleasure to meet you at SIETAR at SIIC. The re-entry can be intense! Hope to hear more from you, and about the work you do when things settle down a bit. I find it takes me about as long as the session to recover afterward- so you may have a while to go :)

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]]> By: Valli Murphy http://www.christinemartell.com/2008/07/exploring-culture-and-technology-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Valli Murphy Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:44:41 +0000 http://www.christinemartell.com/?p=452#comment-451 Chrisitine, I met you on 7/23/08 at the SIETAR meeting for the SIIC folks! I'm completely wiped out from almost 4 weeks of interning, but I was instantly energized by reading your blog. I would like to join in this dialogue, but unfortunately, I can't say anything remotely interesting until I can catch up on some sleep. Thank you and everyone else for contributing your insights. Valli Murphy Chrisitine,
I met you on 7/23/08 at the SIETAR meeting for the SIIC folks!
I’m completely wiped out from almost 4 weeks of interning, but
I was instantly energized by reading your blog.
I would like to join in this dialogue, but unfortunately, I can’t say
anything remotely interesting until I can catch up on some sleep.
Thank you and everyone else for contributing your insights.
Valli Murphy

]]> By: Christine Martell http://www.christinemartell.com/2008/07/exploring-culture-and-technology-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Christine Martell Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:28:43 +0000 http://www.christinemartell.com/?p=452#comment-442 Shari, I feel like a technical neophyte. I just cannot believe how many times I have had trouble, I thought I was fairly savvy. But as Terry keeps reminding us, the technology is just a small part. Way more is the way we just charge ahead, assuming things will work, without establishing roles, plans etc for how we will work together. And simple things like a technology check before we run off to our corners to try to use it. Today I was more successful with recording. SO, we should have a podcast to share soon. Shari,
I feel like a technical neophyte. I just cannot believe how many times I have had trouble, I thought I was fairly savvy. But as Terry keeps reminding us, the technology is just a small part. Way more is the way we just charge ahead, assuming things will work, without establishing roles, plans etc for how we will work together. And simple things like a technology check before we run off to our corners to try to use it.

Today I was more successful with recording. SO, we should have a podcast to share soon.

]]> By: Christine Martell http://www.christinemartell.com/2008/07/exploring-culture-and-technology-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-441 Christine Martell Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:22:51 +0000 http://www.christinemartell.com/?p=452#comment-441 Virginia, I think there is a parallel between the types of trust. We certainly had the variety of opinions about this in the room. Terry (our faculty) talked about research showing that teams that had social connections, or did social things in addition had better performance over time. I assume that would be due to emotional trust? Virginia,
I think there is a parallel between the types of trust. We certainly had the variety of opinions about this in the room. Terry (our faculty) talked about research showing that teams that had social connections, or did social things in addition had better performance over time. I assume that would be due to emotional trust?

]]> By: Shari http://www.christinemartell.com/2008/07/exploring-culture-and-technology-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-437 Shari Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:27:46 +0000 http://www.christinemartell.com/?p=452#comment-437 Christine, dontcha just hate it when technology refuses to play nice? I really appreciate you sharing what you've learned in the session (from someone who would have loved to attend but could not!). And thank you for persevering to capture Terry's answers for us! Shari :-) Christine, dontcha just hate it when technology refuses to play nice? I really appreciate you sharing what you’ve learned in the session (from someone who would have loved to attend but could not!). And thank you for persevering to capture Terry’s answers for us!

Shari :-)

]]> By: Virginia Yonkers http://www.christinemartell.com/2008/07/exploring-culture-and-technology-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-434 Virginia Yonkers Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:42:05 +0000 http://www.christinemartell.com/?p=452#comment-434 Christine, are you familiar with the distinction some have made between cognitive trust and emotional trust? Cognitive trust seems to fit most of the points under swift trust. This is the trust that a person's work and competency in completing the work is something you can count on. It appears to me that Emotional Trust is similar to the points you have on deepening trust. This is that you can rely on someone in with deeper psychological ties and is based on a feeling of trust at an emotional level (e.g. you like them, you have a bond that goes beyond the task). Personally, I feel I can work with someone that I don't trust emotionally, but I do trust cognitively (I know they'll get the work done) in a virtual environment. In fact, I could really like someone and trust them emotionally, but without the feeling that they will come through in their tasks (especially virtually), I would rather not work with them. This is different in the office as I feel there is a lot more political positioning when sharing space and it is important for someone to "have my back". However, I know some of my students from other cultures need to have the emotional trust before they can work with someone, regardless of the format (in office or virtual) while others would rather not have the personal bond in any environment because they feel exposed. Christine, are you familiar with the distinction some have made between cognitive trust and emotional trust? Cognitive trust seems to fit most of the points under swift trust. This is the trust that a person’s work and competency in completing the work is something you can count on. It appears to me that Emotional Trust is similar to the points you have on deepening trust. This is that you can rely on someone in with deeper psychological ties and is based on a feeling of trust at an emotional level (e.g. you like them, you have a bond that goes beyond the task).

Personally, I feel I can work with someone that I don’t trust emotionally, but I do trust cognitively (I know they’ll get the work done) in a virtual environment. In fact, I could really like someone and trust them emotionally, but without the feeling that they will come through in their tasks (especially virtually), I would rather not work with them. This is different in the office as I feel there is a lot more political positioning when sharing space and it is important for someone to “have my back”. However, I know some of my students from other cultures need to have the emotional trust before they can work with someone, regardless of the format (in office or virtual) while others would rather not have the personal bond in any environment because they feel exposed.

]]> By: Exploring culture and technology: Day 2 » VisualsSpeak blog http://www.christinemartell.com/2008/07/exploring-culture-and-technology-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-428 Exploring culture and technology: Day 2 » VisualsSpeak blog Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:42:06 +0000 http://www.christinemartell.com/?p=452#comment-428 [...] Exploring Culture and Technology: Day 3 This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 at 10:26 pm and is filed under Diversity & Intercultural. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. [...] [...] Exploring Culture and Technology: Day 3 This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 at 10:26 pm and is filed under Diversity & Intercultural. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. [...]

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