As I mentioned in a previous post I work in end-user computing, mostly focussed on strategy. I’ve worked in all aspects of end-user over the years, but my research areas have always focussed on how to make people, places and teams more effective and happier at work. From a technical...
As I’ve said on this blog many times, throughout my career my over-riding motivation and interest has been to make peoples lives better. For the last 20 of those years it’s been by improving their productivity, eliminating frustrations, improving autonomy, enabling effective team working and creating work spaces that enhance...
I was recently sent a list of about a hundred documents that were being produced as part of readying a new product for sale. The ‘exam’ question was were we missing anything? My first and lasting impression was not what was missing but the lack of focus that might result...
While I was out walking yesterday (and trying to distract myself from the sensation of my leg muscles tearing due to a nasty flare) I was thinking about how to go about gathering information at scale. The most popular mechanism for this is to survey a population asking them for...
Life would be a lot easier if I had a single Twitter account linked to a single Facebook account. Unfortunately I’m rarely satisfied with simple when it comes to my technology usage, maybe that’s why I like the simple life outside of work. Once my usage of Twitter matured I...
This post is the second in series on how I’ve automated augmenting my memory, the first post covered how I create a diary which is my most important and frequently referenced memory aid. This post covers how I automate the creation of my personal knowledge management archive. This archive has...
I’ve been thinking about innovation recently, how little I see of it at work, which seems strange because mine is a company that really does seem to value innovation. I’ve concluded that the reason is that we have attempted to combine a culture of innovation with a culture of visibility. ...
I’ve noticed recently how things come in waves, this last week has been all about the structural changes to work over the next 3-10 years. First up was a discussion with Stu about the changing mix of task, process, information and knowledge work. Then I started the next book in...
I spend a considerable time consuming information, in fact I probably spend more time reading, listening and watching work related content than I do any other activity in my day. Consuming for it’s own sake though isn’t very satisfying, I need a purpose in life and that purpose is enabled,...
Apparently this week (9-15 June) is Work Out Loud Week for this one week we are all encouraged to share our work. Conveniently most of the blog posts this week involved some degree of sharing my week, which normally ends today. Unfortunately I had a bit of a body crash...