Michael Specht

An imperfect blog from Australia looking at technology, enterprise 2.0, management, Human Resources (HR) and other random thoughts.

Entries Tagged as 'Management'

We need a red pill for the organisation

December 5th, 2007 · No Comments · Future, Management, New Media, Social Networks · 1,575 views

Yesterday I caved and went back to Twitter, yes I know I am weak but that is a whole other story. There was a conversation about the red vs blue pill in the Matrix, remember the red one you learn the truth while the blue one you go on living the lie. I got [...]

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Follow up on always on communication

November 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Communication, Management, Productivity, Technology · 1,431 views

Over the last 6 months I have written a few times about always on communication and the impact on workplaces, work life balance and productivity. Today is a follow up.
By the end of next week I will have had the Palm Treo 750 for 2 months. Verdict?
You take my Treo away I will hunt you [...]

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We are such a creative bunch

November 22nd, 2007 · 2 Comments · Management · 1,103 views

Two things occurred to me this morning.

Humans are naturally a creative bunch
We are more than willing to share our creations

How do I know this? Just look at the number of mashups (video, audio, software, & services) that are created everyday.
My questions is. Why in a personal lives are we so openly creative but when when [...]

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Organisational change management

November 15th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Change Management, Management · 1,989 views

While there are lots of reasons for project failures, both IT and non IT, a major reason is poor execution of organisational change management. During the implementation of the project each individual impacted needs to come to terms with the change. Back in 2000 William Bridges and Susan Mitchell Bridges provided a good way of [...]

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What generation are you?

August 7th, 2007 · 20 Comments · Future, Management · 5,615 views

I have been posting a bit about the whole Generation debate/issue over the last few months, and so have a lot of people if the Google Trends graph is correct.
One such post is Penelope Trunk’s on What generation are you part of, really? Take this test. Which basically states your generation is not 100% defined [...]

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