Michael Specht

A blog from Australia looking at technology, enterprise 2.0, management, Human Resources (HR) and recruitment.

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Michael is MIA

July 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Personal · 1,445 views

Irony is after 5 years of blogging I am so busy with other activities I have not blogged for 10 days. Right now things are not going to get any better. I leave tomorrow for my annual ski holiday and will not be back until August 2nd.
What has been keeping me from blogging?

Major project for [...]

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A blog story 5 years on

June 23rd, 2009 · 8 Comments · Blogging, Personal · 3,191 views

5 years ago today I started blogging with a small and unassuming post called “Welcome” (original I know), with the first topic to be covered being recruitment. Over the years I have written a lot about recruitment, but also technology, management, and HR.
In summary over the last 1,825 days:

I have typed out 1,313 posts, a [...]

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Joining the Cult of Done

April 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Personal · 1,199 views

I am officially joining the Cult of Done. There I have said it. I also blame John Sumser for pointing to it over at Social Recruiting. The original link comes from Boing Boing.
So with no further intro here is the Cult of Done Manifesto:
1. There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and completion.
2. [...]

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The Closing of 2008

December 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Personal · 1,400 views

Just a quick final post for the year.
Firstly wishing all my readers a great break and a fantastic new year, be safe and make sure you spend time with your family.
Now to look back on 2008.

The year started with a bang working fulltime as Senior Project Manager for Nortel looking after Corporate Systems for Asia [...]

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Self Management & Inspecht Update

October 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Personal, Productivity · 1,059 views

The last month to 6 weeks has been very busy, but I have to say I have not made a lot of progress in many different areas. Before we get to the challenges let me review the positive things from the last month.

I started attending Jelly in Melbourne and have met some great folks.
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