Corporate IT groups are struggling more and more to fight the on-coming onslaught of consumer devices that are more powerful than the business gives out. Let’s look at a few common ones right now: Communication – Business provides email, smartphone or Blackberry and maybe Lync. Employees bring SMS, MMS, Chat apps, Hangouts/Video Chat, Slack.com, instant…
Google #Inbox is the next big thing for #productivity.
About 2 weeks ago I received an invite to Google Inbox. I have never loved my email so much. I hope they roll it out to Exchange soon because no system I’ve ever used has made it easier to be in charge of your email world. I’ve been a gmail user for over a decade…
How does #workplace relate to business strategy?
Theoretically your office should reflect your business strategy. If you are a high tech, development organization your workplace should reflect teaming space as well as heads down comfortable work zones where developers can hide for days on end. It’s a weird mix. If you are a law firm your space might reflect the prestige of…
Net Neutrality is the biggest issue on the table right now.
I’m getting really angry about all of the partisan politics being played around Net Neutrality. I put myself solidly in the conservative bucket but I have to say that this week is causing me to seriously reconsider that. A working future for the internet is too important to mess around with. It’s one thing for…
Leadership often means taking charge when you least want to.
Leadership is a nebulous concept that is still being thought through at the highest levels of the business world. But leadership can be a very tactical concept that doesn’t have anything to do with an org chart or a “C” in your title. Sometimes leadership is simply helping to get things done when no one…
Engagement is the key to almost all successful ventures.
Wired ran an article on the only way to win at corporate social media: actively engaging your employees. The point being that people want to talk about what they do, who they work for and why it is a good thing. Giving employees an opening to do that leads to great results. Will there be…
Perspective comes from seating across the table from your counterpart.
As much as I can sometimes come off as against face-t0-face meetings (I’m certainly not) or in favor of virtual collaboration, I will readily admit that sitting across the table from someone that you are working with has incredible value. Being able to see if their frustrations match yours or if they agree or disagree…
Technology is not for technologists.
When technology is good and effective it is often not called technology. It is a toy or a tool or a gadget or just “how I do my job.” Technology done well is invisible. Technology done right does not require someone from a technology team to support it. Technology should strive to make itself obsolete….
Betting lines and the thing about favorites (yes, this is related to #CRE).
It’s football season which means sports sections of every newspaper is talking about the favorite in different football games. The one that has me thinking about this at the moment though is Arizona vs. UCLA where Arizona is apparently a 6.5 point underdog. This reminded me that this doesn’t mean that handicappers think that UCLA…
This week has gotten away from me in a hurry.
I woke up thinking it was still Tuesday only to discover it is actually Thursday and I had completely missed two days of posts. Some weeks just go like this but lately I had been on a pretty good run of staying up to date. Hopefully back on track next week.