I wrote about hyperconnectivity a few days ago which is essentially a technology trend, but it is and will continue to have a profound impact on management both professional and personal. The basic issue is with everything always connected and communicating where does one draw the line? Let’s take the obvious examples, BlackBerry’s and personalContinue reading “Always on connectivity and management”
Author Archives: Michael Specht
Social networks in the extreme
Today I was lucky enough to get an invite to Pownce, thanks JJ, which is cool as I can claim to be one of the first 10,000 no 50,000 no 100,000 people on the service which keeps up my street cred as being ahead of the curve. But it raises the same issue as IContinue reading “Social networks in the extreme”
Spock searches for people
For all you recruiting types out there, there is a new service that you need to be aware of, Spock. Currently in beta, it’s kind of private but if you ask I will send you an invite as of writing I have 100. Basically Spock is a search tool about people and the validity ofContinue reading “Spock searches for people”
Hyperconnectivity and the Semantic web
This is another half thought out post where I am “throwing mud against the wall to see what sticks”. (Disclosure I work for Nortel, and they in no way support, or sponsor/endorse this blog, all the comments are personal.) One of the big trends Nortel, and others, see in the coming years is hyperconnectivity, whereContinue reading “Hyperconnectivity and the Semantic web”
Lost my readers?
I have noticed a very interesting occurrence since my blog died, well actually the hosting provider disappeared, my readers seem to have disappeared as well. Not sure if it is a timing thing, an issue with the feed, if my Googlejuice has dried up, the stars are out of alignment or if was something IContinue reading “Lost my readers?”
Technology is still failing to meet the needs of HR
Sorry this is a major rant, I don’t have time to fully explore the whole issues but I had to blog about it anyway. Watson Wyatt Worldwide released a press statement overnight that concerns me greatly and leaves me to believe that either their research is wrong or technology has fundamentally let down HR overContinue reading “Technology is still failing to meet the needs of HR”
The problem with readers/customers/users
Please don’t take this the wrong way but it was nice to blog without readers, but in a way it is even better to blog with them. Let me tell you why. Without readers it is just you and the keyboard. Nothing more, nothing else. You can’t insult, upset, disappoint anyone. You get to writeContinue reading “The problem with readers/customers/users”
Doing one more thing
Anna Farmery from over at The Engaging Brand pushes us all to do just one more thing, well 10 of them in fact. She asked what would happen to the productivity your team if you did one more thing from the list every day? The list is mainly about recognition, something that is in lineContinue reading “Doing one more thing”
Happy 3rd Blogoversary and reflections.
Today it is 3 years since I started my blog over on Blogger, before moving it to my own domain name using WordPress. Over those 3 years I have written 1,012 post and had 1,054 real comments, not to mention several hundred thousand spam comments! Although the Blogger blog was not my first entrance intoContinue reading “Happy 3rd Blogoversary and reflections.”
Blog is back!!
Just a quick note to apologize to everyone who reads this blog or subscribes to the feed. We have been offline for the last 4 days due to a hosting issue, basically the old host skipped town. I have moved host, restored my backups (over 400mb of compressed data) and finally got things back up.Continue reading “Blog is back!!”
Michael Specht 