It seems to me that if I was to believe the pundits social media is going to either cause the next apocalypse or be the saviour for us all! But I want to look at two specific cases here and their relationship with HR. First the negative. Kimberley Swann, at 16 year old in the UK, whoContinue reading “Is Facebook good or bad?”
Category Archives: Management
Social networking sites increase employee productivity
An interesting piece by David Quach on the ABC News site (Hat Tip @aussienick) about how more people should use Facebook to improve worker productivity. Here is the summary: Well, while any adverse effect of Facebook on productivity is detrimental to the economy, economic theory also suggests that the economy could be improved if thereContinue reading “Social networking sites increase employee productivity”
Violence in the workplace
Violence in general is terrible and should never be in the workplace. But when it happens HR is usually involved. Years ago I remember talking to a senior HR executive who had an employee come into his office and sit down. The employee calmly announced that he had just murdered his family. I have knownContinue reading “Violence in the workplace”
Capitalism & Poverty
Today is blog action day, and the topic is poverty. I was wondering what to write about and decided on the topic below. Over the last couple of weeks I have been reading The Wal-Mart Effect, and highly recommend it to anyone interested in the globalisation of business. Overall the book is an eye opener toContinue reading “Capitalism & Poverty”
Enterprise 2.0, employees and profits
Last night at PubCamp I led a small unconference session around Enterprise 2.0, employees and profits, overall it was Ok but not as good as I would have liked. A part of the issue was a couple of vocal participants in the front row who kept heckling the group the robust debate going, Duncan RileyContinue reading “Enterprise 2.0, employees and profits”
Employee engagement
I have been meaning to write this post for a while, about 4 months, and today Penelope Trunk provided the platform. Penelope wrote about how to be a good manager, a great post but in my mind it can be summed up in one sentence. So the first rule, and probably the only rule ofContinue reading “Employee engagement”
New model for management
Couple of related posts appeared in my feed reader today. First was from Mark Pesce who wrote about the fact that education provided in schools currently does not reflect modern communication cultures. When a kid goes to school they have to disconnect from the “hyperconnected” world. What this means, in a practical sense, is thatContinue reading “New model for management”
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”
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”
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?”
