by Doug Willis | Apr 30, 2015 | business culture, Future of Work
Consider this. The first smartphone, which is commonly identified as the IBM Simon Personal Communicator, was released in 1994. The market changing Apple iPhone, was released in 2007 and the first Android based smartphone, the HTC Dream, was released in 2008. In just...
by admin | Apr 24, 2015 | Future of Work, Uncategorized
There is no better time than now to look at your existing processes and systems to work out if you need a make over. Too often we get caught up in what we are doing, without taking the time to do an honest appraisal of our efficiencies. The technology available to...
by admin | Feb 26, 2015 | business culture, Google Apps, Google Drive, knowledge
I used to experience a great deal of frustration trying to find documents on a file-server. It was hard enough trying to find where I had saved documents, let alone, find documents that others had saved. Regardless of how many rules we put in place to standardise the...
by admin | Aug 27, 2014 | Future of Work, Google Apps, Google Drive, knowledge
In May 2013, the organisation I was working with made the move to Google Apps for Business. This was a significant change for staff that have always worked in a Microsoft-centric environment. Those that had worked in Outlook, were now required to work from a browser...
by admin | Sep 21, 2013 | business culture, data capture
Why so Boring My biggest issue with the standard intranet environments within many business’ at the moment is that there is little engagement. In a world where everyone has some form of social presence on the internet, the traditional intranet environment is one...
by admin | Aug 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
A key element of Change Management is comprehensive training and ongoing support. When we decided to go the Google Apps option, we knew that it wouldn’t work without comprehensive initial and follow up training.A move to Google Apps represents a significant...
by admin | Aug 23, 2013 | business culture, knowledge, Uncategorized
I have been working with an organisation that has really struggled to manage their data. As a small not-for-profit organisation it has a small budget for operational costs. We have been looking at reducing the budget allocated on Information Technology which has...
by admin | Aug 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Please note that this post if full of generalisations. What I am trying to communicate is that our lives are frequently filled with noise (input) that quite often stifle our ability to do stuff (outputs). We have a lot of noise in our day-to-day lives. We are...
by admin | Jul 30, 2013 | business culture
Many organisations want to recruit the smartest and brightest and harness that energy to drive innovation. But the operating environment of this generation does not fit into the traditional model of business. As much as it challenges us who have worked within...
by admin | Nov 18, 2012 | business culture
Simon Sinek is an author that is known for popularising the concept of the Golden Circle. In this TED Talk he explains the principle of the Golden Circle of Why How and What. Many businesses know WHAT they do. Some businesses now HOW they do it. But only a few...