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How to Reinvent Yourself in 3 (Not-So) Easy Steps
The last few years have been hard for a lot of people. The Great Recession, the Great Reset, whatever you want to call it. Times like these cause a lot of change, at a macro and micro level. We’ve watched whole industries radically change. And I love talking about that change here on this blog. [...]
The Innovation Equation and Social Media Solution
I have a theory: The amount of Knowledge and quality of Collaboration a company is able to achieve directly effected by the level of Trust all parties have in the company.This is reflected in the potential value of the Innovation. Image by yuan2003 via Flickr (Knowledge x Collaboration) x Trust = Innovation Knowledge is the [...]
The Future of HR and Social Media: Facebook Connect?
Image via Wikipedia Social Media is not just for Marketers. This was half of my point almost 3 years ago when I started this blog. It is a communications and collaboration tool. Probably the most powerful tool we’ve ever seen. Some new research is out looking at social media for employee communications. Employers Increasing Use [...]
Sometimes less is more. Sometimes less is just less.
Image via Wikipedia There’s an article in BusinessWeek that talks about the growing trend that some companies have been taking (my former employer included). Instead of cutting staff they are cutting salaries, and bonuses and benefits.I always feel a little callus when I talk about job loss because I don’t come across as very sympathetic. [...]
The only thing you should be doing
I originally wrote this post several months ago and it’s taken me this long to remove the excess emotion and get it to a point I thought it was ready to post. I still don’t know if it’s ready but I feel it needs to be said. The only thing you should be doing I [...]
Do social media professionals work harder than their peers?
Do social media professionals work harder than their peers? Here’s some scary stats: * 29% of employees are fully engaged with work * 52% are not fully engaged * 19% are disengaged Len Kendal asked on Twitter “I wonder how much poor performance got disguised as “a result of the economy” this year?” I wonder [...]
The burden of employment has shifted – It’s all on you now
Image via Wikipedia It’s amazing how quickly things changed at the end of 2008. Companies went from being worried about the “Baby Boomer brain drain” that was coming as Boomers retired and there weren’t enough Xers to fill the gap left by their physical presence and their on the job knowledge. Now companies aren’t concerned [...]
The Reality of the Corporation
Contrasting yesterday’s post, I would like to discuss the realities of the corporation as I see them. I would first like to preface this that I am not an economist. I’m merely a slightly jaded Gen X (aka Slacker) with an MBA. I’ve owned my own businesses and have been, and currently am, an “employee” [...]
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