Facebook encroaches on email and blog interaction
I observed in my April newsletter that we may be approaching an inflection point: the next generation of workers may not be as eager as their predecessors to “Live in their Email” – they may well...
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The Warm Fuzzy factor in communications
These days I make a living helping people avoid spending all night on processing their email overload, so it was with some amusement that I remembered how I used to spend my own nights communicating...
View ArticleFacebook: a third factor in enterprise Information Overload?
Information Overload can have manifold manifestations: physicians have more new articles coming out in their field than they can possibly cover, consumers have too many TV channels to choose from...
View ArticleAtos Origin aiming to become email-free!
Impressive news from France: last week Mr. Thierry Breton, CEO of Atos Origin (a 49,000 employee global IT Services company) has announced that the company aims to be email-free in three years. More...
View ArticlePaperclips and Facebook policy in the workplace
I remember well the hysteria around Internet use in the workplace. Back in the mid-nineties, it suddenly became possible for employees to access the newly invented World Wide Web from their computers...
View ArticleNow, Facebook has its medals!
One common response to mention of Facebook among the Gen X and Baby Boomer (in other words, over 30) crowd is the disdainful “Why would I want people to know what I had for breakfast?!” Use of...
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Just Published: New Article on HR’s Role in Social Media Adoption
The August issue of HR magazine, which is devoted to Knowledge Management, published an article I wrote titled אתגר והזדמנות: ארגון משאבי אנוש כקטליזטור בהטמעת מדיה חברתית בארגון (Challenge and...
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Why and How Retirement Workshops Should Teach Baby Boomers About Social Media
A serendipitous request Much of the cooler stuff that I do happens serendipitously, when someone hears of me and comes with a request for something different. In this case it was a friend of a friend...
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How Can You Deal With Social Media Overload?
The Info Overload guru is taken by surprise I was talking to a college student, and she threw me a question: how can she deal with the overwhelming information overload afflicting her life? She then...
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