ways of working // Posts tagged as "ways of working"
How we did it
So we went live as planned on Friday, on the date we decided back in December and only 2% over budget. This was the first phase of a major site refresh project, and I also believe we will go live with the second phase as planned in early October. I see no reason why we...
Please don’t call me a project manager
For me, the problem with the term is that it has most people, especially those starting off in it, firing up their MS Project apps, reaching for their PRINCE2 / Waterfall / Agile books and creating loads of highly detailed or weighty reports, documents and spreadsheets as that’s what they think project management is. The...
Thinking like a net-gener
Yesterday I read Don Tapscott’s brilliant article about net geners and work in the Guardian. (He was the guy who wrote the excellent book, Wikinomics). He talks about a whole generation of people who want to work for organisations where “work” equals “fun”. And how these people, if correctly fostered by organisations, could drive their...
The problem with IT and Marketing
My dad runs his own business, I guess he employs around 30 or so people. I have worked for organisations where the IT dept alone is probably 10 times that size. And that’s not unusual for big organisations. And having now worked for several large companies, I’m becoming more convinced that many companies of a...
The ideal web 2.0 organisation
…. doesn’t exist yet. But if you asked people about the closest one to it, they’d either stare blankly at you and tell you to go away, or maybe say “google”. What do I define as a “web 2.0 friendly” organisation ? Well, for starters it’s a place that values empowering staff to make their...
Web 2 and organisation types
I’ve been interested in web 2.0 tools and technologies for a while now, but to date I haven’t really delved into the ways that organisations make use of them and in particular, the organisational changes they drive. So I thought I’d use this blog to jot down my thoughts as they develop and if anyone...
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