[cross-posted at Fast Forward blog]
Recently, I sat through a presentation about a Sharepoint-based intranet project to improve processes within the HR group of a medium-sized organization. The process in question was one of collecting annual performance reviews throughout the organization. Using Sharepoint, the HR group and their consultants replaced Word documents, spreadsheets, and email with [...]
Someday I’ll manage to get myself to a TED conference.In the meantime, I will continue to take advantage of the wonderful TED videos. Benjamin Zander is someone whose work on leadership I’ve appreciated in the past. The Art of Possibility, coauthored with his wife Rosamund Stone Zander, remains one of the most useful books on [...]
Tagged Benjamin Zander, leadershipHat tip to Pharyngula
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes – and Why, Ripley, Amanda
Amanda Ripley has taken an interesting premise and turned it into an excellent book. A writer for Time magazine, she’s turned her attention to the lessons to be had from the ordinary people who survive extraordinary situations; those [...]
[cross posted at FastForward Blog]
All the people whose opinions I trust have been recommending Michael Wesch’s most recent effort, “An anthropological introduction to YouTube.” It’s a presentation he delivered in June at he Library of Congress. It will take you an hour, but it is definitely time and attention well spent. Wesch and his students [...]
