Seems like a fairly innocuous question, doesn't it? Surely a piece of information that HR can just roll of the tips of their tongues? Well, in the shifting sands of today's virtual organisations, it's not as easy to answer "how many people work for us?" as it used to be. You have employees. You have … Continue reading How many people work for us?
A frequent refrain in UK election coverage at the moment is that this is the UK's first "Social Media" election. The truth is that five years is an awfully long time in media and technology these days, and the dynamics of communications for this year's ballot are vastly different to the last... The Social Media … Continue reading The (insert Tech buzzword) Election
The problem with Legacy IT as a metaphor is quite simple: to the whole rest of the world, a legacy is a good thing. If you're trying to get people to see something as bad, it's really, really important not to hamper your mission by naming it after something good. We might as well call … Continue reading Crap Tech Metaphors: 14 Legacy IT
Last week was spent with my family, getting away from it in the wonderful isolation of the New Forest in Dorset. Feeding chickens and pigs, avoiding over-curious ponies, getting mild sunburn... And generally not thinking that much about work. One thread that did come to mind, however, was how three (or four, depending on your views … Continue reading “I don’t know”
Next week: normal service is resumed
What I have learned this week: - fire coming from the road is generally a bad sign - there's a great deal to be said for working in partnership Next week: an Easter break
My digital life has been increasingly moving to the cloud over the past six years. Since 2009 my use of online services to store data has steadily increased, and then my shift to using Chromebook for my main device in 2013 accelerated that shift. I've even got to the stage now where my "download" folder … Continue reading Clouds/Smoke
I spent a great couple of hours in the company of Anne Marie McEwan yesterday in the inspiring setting of the Royal Festival Hall. Our conversation covered many areas, but one thing that sprung up was why issues of improving the world of work should be of particular importance to employers at this point in time. … Continue reading The Employer 5 Forces
I've argued in the past that the holy office trinity of Word, Powerpoint and Excel have a questionable future not because of an better word processor, presentation tool or spreadsheet coming along, but because they are tools from another era that are increasingly no longer fit for purpose. The way in which smart phones in … Continue reading Incompatibilities
I sat through a software product demo this morning. The name of the product isn't relevant: I heard the words "one version of the truth" a few times, and also sat wondering if the self-same claims made today were being made about Lotus Notes back in the days when we called social "groupware". The words … Continue reading One version of the truth
