A nice visual argument for the value of mash-ups
As I’ve mentioned before, I would like a nice, clear, crisp definition for mash-up. A definition which captures the benefits that mash-ups can bring, rather than detailing a collection of tools,...
View ArticleManaging personalisation is more important than managing change
Death, taxes, and now, change, are the eternal verities. As I said in another post: The pace of change has accelerated to the point that everyone’s challenge, from Pre-Boomers and Baby Boomers through...
View ArticleThe future of (knowledge) work
Note: This is the first part of a longer series on how social media is affecting management. I started writing the following to explore a vague idea and see where it might take me, and first stopped...
View ArticleThe north-south divide
Note: This is the third part of a longer series on how social media is affecting management. You can find the earlier posts – The future of (knowledge) work and Knowledge Workers in the British Raj –...
View ArticleKnowledge Workers in the British Raj
Note: This is the second part of a longer series on how social media is affecting management. You can find the first post – The future of (knowledge) work – and subsequent posts – The north-south...
View ArticleWorking in Hollywood
Note: This is the fourth part of a longer series on how social media is affecting management. You can find the earlier posts – The future of (knowledge) work, Knowledge Workers in the British Raj and...
View ArticleWorld of Warcraft in the workplace
Note: This is the fifth part of a longer series on how social media is affecting management. You can find the earlier posts – The future of (knowledge) work, Knowledge Workers in the British Raj, The...
View ArticleProblems and the people who solve them
Note: This is the sixth and final part of a longer series on how social media is affecting management. You can find the earlier posts – The future of (knowledge) work, Knowledge Workers in the British...
View ArticleHow should we measure out people?
We all know the old adage: What get’s measured is what get’s done. However, if you constrain your measurement of your employees’ performance to counting the goals they score, then you’re doing most of...
View ArticleWe are all expectation machines
Unlearning is potentially more important than learning[1] as it allows us to sweep away concepts and preferences that are now longer relevant, clearing the way for us to learn something new which...
View ArticleAnalysis paralysis is a myth
Cries of ‘analysis paralysis’ are more often fiction than fact. Every time I’ve heard someone call out the phrase in a meeting it’s to end a argument over some particular solution preference rather...
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