I’m guessing you’ve seen the movie? Never say Never. Who hasn’t? Especially if you have kids. And even more especially if those kids happen to be of the female variety. I went in kicking and screaming, and came out a raving Justin Bieber fan. Very simply because
Read more →Newly connected younger workforce, is already influencing coworkers
On November 9, 2011 / Blog, Featured, Future World of Work, Leadership, Social Business, Social Media, Talent, Technology, Trends / Leave a comment
Yesterday I posted some information from the Cisco global research report on today’s younger workers. Here’s an infographic pulled from their report. Makes for some interesting thinking. The highlights of the report are social media and mobility (flexibility in time and space) What’s interesting to add is that it’s
Read more →The Summer Medley Mashup from Kurt and Sam. DJ Earworm you have nothing to worry about
On November 8, 2011 / Blog, Featured, Generations, Innovation and Creativity, So Random, Social Media, Video / Leave a comment
I’m certain this isn’t my usual contribution to this particular blog. But December is on it’s way. Summer is warming up nicely, and I figured a little bit of something to help you ease into the mood can only be a good thing. You’ve probably heard music
Read more →Social Media v Salary? Which is the more influential factor in recruitment?
On November 7, 2011 / Blog, Featured, Future World of Work, Generations, Leadership, Social Business, Social Media, Talent, Trends / 1 Comment
Four years ago I stood in what must have been my 20th one day course that year, exploring ‘Talent Management‘ with 30 senior leaders from one of South Africa’s largest banks, and the question was raised….. “how important is social media really, to today’s young people?” Great
Read more →Twitter, FaceBook and Social Media are just like a Fax Machine
On October 20, 2011 / Blog, Featured, Future World of Work, Social Business, Social Media, Trends / 2 Comments
The interest in Social Media in the business world is growing. And it’s growing ‘upwards’ in the organisation. I say ‘upwards’ because increasingly I’m engaged in conversations with the Gate-Keepers around whether they should our shouldn’t jump in? The weight of the conversation is still resistance and
Read more →A day in the life of this ‘human aggregator’
On October 19, 2011 / Blog, Featured, Future World of Work, Social Business, Social Media / Leave a comment
As a Conference Speaker, Researcher, Writer, Consultant, yada yada, offering perspectives on the Future World of Work is a daily task. I have to stay up to date with what’s going on in the world around me (and my client’s world). It means constantly reading and writing.
Read more →Tech Innovations that significantly disrupted their industry and the world
On October 13, 2011 / Blog, Featured, Future World of Work, Leadership, Social Business, Social Media, Talent, Technology, Trends / Leave a comment
For those people who see my tweets from time to time, you might have noticed me saying, “I love clever people”. I do. Whenever I find an article about people who’ve approached the world differently, and then had the courage to go on and execute their idea,
Read more →Retire Successfully
On October 10, 2011 / Blog, Featured, Future World of Work, Generations, Social Business, Social Media, Technology, Trends / Leave a comment
Last Thursday evening I attended the launch of Chartered Wealth’s Retire Successfully digital resource. It consists, at this point in time, of: Web Site FaceBook Page Twitter Feed It’s a great resource they’re offering for people either in, or heading towards retirement (aka refirement or retyrement). There’s
Read more →Last week I announced that I had left TomorrowToday. I got an overwhelming positive response from people. Mail, Twitter, FaceBook and a phone call or 3. Thank you for the kind and encouraging words, along with the wisdom of your own journeys. As I said in that
Read more →Mobile Blogging – A short review on BlogPress for iPad
On October 3, 2011 / Blog, Featured, Future World of Work, Social Media, Technology, Trends / Leave a comment
Since my first iPad I’ve been working really hard to see how possible it is to leave my laptop behind and work completely from my iPad? There are some things I find really difficult to do on my iPad: Numbers / Excel – It’s way to flunky
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