Archive for March, 2008
Power up your business with a Wiki
Reading a recent post on David Tebbutt’s blog – You calling me a consultant? – took me to: What’s the real value of social software in enterprise from Adriana Lukas, which leads us to this post…
Learning Your Way to a Better Memory
One of the great things about David Alan’s Getting Things Done (aka GTD) is that you don’t have to remember anything. “Get it out of your head” David says. My memory has improved since I started using GTD to keep my head clear. If you are using GTD, you’re not using your memory for trivia [...]
Be More Productive By Understanding How You See The World
Thanks to a post on Galba Bright’s Tune up your EQ blog, which mentions my post on humour in business, I am finally writing a long overdue post. Hopefully this doesn’t get too circular! Galba points to a video that appeared on Seth’s blog: Take thirty seconds to watch the video now…Hopefully you are suitably [...]
The Truly Mobile Office
I spent this week working at VoiceCon in Orlando, Florida. The big theme of the show was unified communications, adding video and integrating software applications with telephony. I was struck by how far communications technology has come in just the last few years. The days of POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) seem numbered, as the [...]
Authenticity
There are some conversations that we are afraid of. An awkward subject raised with a boss. A difficult exchange with a close relative. Explaining bad news. These are understood. There are also conversations that are awkward for a business. A discussion on the web about problems with a product, poor financial results, internal conflicts – [...]
Where Are You Going? Vision, Mission and Values – Part IV – Values
I remember my first trip to Sweden. As I was driven from the airport to Stockholm, I remember seeing these really tall, bright posts in the ground on either side of the road. I wasn’t sure what they were all about. Some months later, I returned. With the snow falling fast, and already so thick [...]
E-mail 2.0
How are we doing with email? How did we do without it? Or would we be better off without it. A number of things have put e-mail at the top of the discussion list in recent weeks, from blogs to national TV. The BBC’s Money programme covered the topic last friday (March the 7th – [...]
