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Category Archives: knowledge worker
The rise of the networked managers: sense making in the social media age.
The manager’s role is changing. The new organisation, connected and networked, requires managers to deal with internal and external issues. The required skill set is changing. In the past, the focus may have been on service delivery based on top … Continue reading
Are online adverts being pushed so that we choose pay walls to avoid them?
In the age of the internet and kindle, this sounds like a strange claim. Yet, I think the use of advertisements, links, pop-ups and other attention grabbing devices has reached the point where we are being conditioned to accept pay … Continue reading
Monologue vs. dialogue: The myth that governments need more or better communication.
There is an on-going myth within social media circles that governments need more and better communication. The problem is that this is not true. Governments spend a large amount of time and money communicating with the public. They have annual … Continue reading
Posted in information management, innovation, knowledge worker, leadership, local government
Tagged Communication, Facebook, leadership, Organization, politics, social media, technology, Twitter, YouTube
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Here is the next revolution in records and records management?
The way organisations view records and records management is set to change. Records management has always been about compliance. Businesses and governments have to comply with the law. There are penalties if a business or person does not keep the … Continue reading
Posted in information management, innovation, knowledge worker, records management
Tagged Archives and Records Management, Business, Business Services, cloud-computing, commodification, compliance issues, Consulting, Freedom of information, Freedom of information legislation, management requirements, records management
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Hierarchies are networks! Hyperlinks do not subvert hierarchies.
For many who believe in the web as way to transform society, politics, and human life, my blog may come as a shock. There is no evidence to support the claim that hyperlinks subvert hierarchies. When you check the evidence, … Continue reading
Is the future of work an aristocratic democracy?: Leo Strauss on Managment
Harold Jarche has a challenging post about the future of management and the future of work at his site: Enterprise 2.0 and Social Business are Hollow Shells without Democracy. Are the future of work and the future of management inherently … Continue reading
Do we still have typing pools?: Why culture trumps technology even social media
Dan Slee posted an interesting and provocative post with predictions about the future of social media in local government. http://danslee.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/epic-change-12-predictions-in-digital-in-local-government-for-2012/ I thought I would give my response and my prediction at the end. Overall, I tend to agree with him … Continue reading
Posted in change managment, knowledge worker, learning organisation, local government, path dependency
Tagged JFDI, local government, social media, Twitter, yammer
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Outsourcing Records Management and Archives: A hypothesis in search of evidence
In today’s financially constrained times, there is a search to find ways to do more with less yet increase efficiency and effectiveness with records management. One area where savings and efficiencies have been promised is in records management.*** In particular, … Continue reading
The future of the Middle Manager: sense making in a social media age
There is a debate over the future of middle managers. (See for example Lynda Gratton’s article) http://hbr.org/2011/01/column-the-end-of-the-middle-manager/ar/1 at its heart, the question is whether middle manager still have a role. If their tasks are changed or replaced by technology, are … Continue reading
Posted in change managment, knowledge worker, local government, management
Tagged Capgemini, Drucker, Middle management, social media, yammer
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