There has been a fair amount written over the last couple years of corporation running public presentations and employee communication sessions in virtual world such as SecondLife. Some of the largest users have been IBM, Sun Microsystems and Cisco, however most fo this work seems to have been public type presentations. A couple of weeksContinue reading “Corporations in virtual worlds”
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Innovating to Reboot
Over last several months I have gone through several changes in my life which has resulted in me reviewing many things. I have been struggling with how to conduct this process, but I figured it is a bit like a reboot but I can’t really turn myself off and on again like a computer nowContinue reading “Innovating to Reboot”
Hiring 2.0 is catching on
One of the problems of being immersed within an industry is you can quite often see things, the talk/blog about them a long time before real business actually takes these things on board. Yesterday Stephen Collins shot me a note with a link to a post by Shel Israel on the Red Couch about HiringContinue reading “Hiring 2.0 is catching on”
8 random facts about me
I have been watching this meme float around the Internet for a few weeks or is it months, well not to worry, anyways a couple of days ago it hit me when Alison Young tagged me. So the background/rules:- Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves. People who are tagged need to writeContinue reading “8 random facts about me”
Hiring failures
This morning I wasted invested in reviewing a great site providing advice candidates. The advice. what NOT to do within the hiring process. The site Not Hired. To quote their site:- We are a group of HR monkeys and hiring managers who have worked with some of the largest search engines, vertical portals, and social-networkingContinue reading “Hiring failures”
Personal productivity and motivation
Over the last couple of weeks I have had two discussions on productivity that struck home. recently. Firstly how for many people they only get things done when there is a negative outcome for not doing things, ie they lack motivation. For example self financial fines or performance rating by managers. But what happens toContinue reading “Personal productivity and motivation”
5 Ways to Engage Employees
Over the last few days there has been a really stir over Jason Calacanis‘s “Fire non Workaholics” statement. While he has updated the words in his post (completely I disagree with his first version) I feel the bottom line message is still there. Jason wants his employees to be engaged and committed with him onContinue reading “5 Ways to Engage Employees”
Zoho launches Zoho People for the SME market
A couple of days ago SaaS vendor Zoho launched their latest product Zoho People, designed for small to medium sized organisations. The product has 5 modules up front:- Â Â Â Organization Module: This module is used to define the structure of your organization including departments, designations/titles and also the Org Chart. Recruitment Module: The Recruitment moduleContinue reading “Zoho launches Zoho People for the SME market”
Fire non workaholics?
Oh man what a storm. Jason Calacanis has triggered quite a storm in the tech community with his post “How to save money running a startup (17 really good tips)“. Overall the tips are very very good, but the one that caused a lot of the stir was: Fire people who are not workaholics. don’tContinue reading “Fire non workaholics?”
Carnival of HR
It’s time for another Carnival of HR. Ok don’t leave you might learn something. Gautam Ghosh (who seems to be everywhere these days) hosted the long running Carnival of HR over on his blog. There are links to 8 or 9 great blog posts from all over the global, including a audio post. Even onContinue reading “Carnival of HR”
Michael Specht 