Claims based auth using Live ID

This is such a cool capability it is maddening there is not one single place you can go and learn how to get this setup (and yes I have looked at every blog posting currently available). I am sure I can trial and error this till I get it to work, so I am just ranting for now.

Clarifying how to utilize collaboration tools

Interview the department heads for each major segment of the company and ask "who is your top employee?"  What makes them the best? How do you believe they could get better? What does the employee think would help them become better?

Framing the goals of collaboration

I just listened to a podcast from one of the "thought leaders" on collaboration @ avanade. The interviewer asked him how to quantify the benefits of collaboration.  The answer went something like this: "it is hard to quantify, but give the users collaboration tools for a few weeks and then see how hard it is to take them back!".  Gee.  Maybe that explains the numerous Sharepoint deployment craters left behind by avanade. If your thought leadership amounts to "let the users figure it out", perhaps this is not an area of strength for you.