About a week or two ago an anonymous blogger posted what is meant to be from an internal mailing list in Microsoft that compares the culture of the different workplaces. The comments, all 425 of them at the time of writing, tend to indicate that the email might be true but there is also anContinue reading “Culture at Microsoft & Google”
Category Archives: Management
Testing out always on contectivity
Just got my hands on a demo HP iPAQ 6965 unit to trial over the next few weeks, as my boss is away who is testing it out and has another few weeks to go on the test program. It will give me a great chance to learn about how I would use such aContinue reading “Testing out always on contectivity”
Always on connectivity and management
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”
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”
5 minute management practices
Anna Farmery from over at the Engaging Brand, which if you have not described you must, posted about what to do in a spare 5 minutes. Send a quick handwritten note to someone who has developed, who has delivered, who has had a hard day. Write down one objective for tomorrow that is centred aroundContinue reading “5 minute management practices”
Voting on HR Issues
I received an interesting email yesterday from Human Resources Magazine here in Australia about a new service that they are offering. They have setup a voting service (via BigPulse) that allows members to vote on HR topics, you can get to the service at http://www.hrvote.com.au. Right now to top 3 issues for HR professionals inContinue reading “Voting on HR Issues”
