corporate life
What's the lifespan of a change agent? Paid Members Public
Last week, David Armano of Edelman Digital published an interesting post looking at the qualities needed for a good change agent [http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/2012/01/change.html], someone who promotes change within an existing business. It’s a term I identify with closely, as driving and
LeWeb: Social Business in 2010 and 2011 Paid Members Public
Some useful data about social business in 2010 and 2011.
Devolving Ownership for Better Blogging Paid Members Public
Now, that’s a challenge for existing editorial teams, where the editor is used to being essentially a despotic ruler, with the desk heads as the high priests*. It requires the editor to stop being a director, but move more into a conductor role, where they make sure that the
An Experiment in Corporate IT Paid Members Public
I’m trying an experiment at work. For the last three or four years, I’ve always had my personal MacBook (or iBook before it) with me in the office, and have been able to turn to it when things got too difficult on my quasi-locked down work PC. But
Love Blogging on the Intranet Paid Members Public
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2008/02/Blogoflove.png] Strange request of the week: our internal corporate communications team run an anonymous Valentine’s Day Message service each year. In the past, this has been a painful hand-coded task that ate up one member of staff’
Fighting Change, Every Step of the Way Paid Members Public
Hugh MacLeod absolutely nails one of the biggest problems facing people trying to effect change in big corporations [http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/004181.html]: > [https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2007/10/officelife.jpg] 1. “Agents of Calcification”. This is a rather snarky
