Tweet The common thread between these items is the importance of communication. And it is the communication by leaders and managers within organisations that signifies to people what standards of thinking and behaviour are acceptable. This communication takes the form of spoken words, behaviours, gestures and also of absence, silence and looking away. Thus leaders [...]
Entries Tagged as 'communication'
Knowledge, convenience and findability (thanks @KerrieAnne)
June 29th, 2010 · Comments Off · ideas
Tweet This amusing cat picture was suggested by my buddy @KerrieAnne as a Caturday candidate – it’s from a post by Nick Milton titled You wont use it if you can’t find it – findability in KM. This struck me as: (a) one very cute cat; (b) one very important issue; and (c) one of [...]
Tags: caturday·collaboration·communication·information·knowledge·people
Time to drop the social and the media from our lexicon?
April 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · ideas
Tweet I was reading the article If Every Company is a Media Company…Then Who Owns Social Media? after seeing a Twitter conversation between @DesWalsh and @Trib. The article author, Don Bulmer, notes: Social media is no longer just a destination or a set of tools and features. It has evolved into a very power extension [...]
Risk management and real communication
April 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · ideas
Tweet I was reading a post by Dave Snowden that really got me thinking. In his post, From oratory to the soundbite, he discusses the changes in how our politicians engage with us. Noting the change from the days of Lloyd George, who would speak for an hour without notes and engage with hecklers in [...]
Real world social values and social networking
March 19th, 2010 · 5 Comments · ideas
Tweet Social media and social networking do not reduce the need for good social skills. Rather, the disconnection from physical presence in online communication makes social skills (what some call EQ) even more critical. Some of the recent fracas rebounding across Twitter are a good example of this – covered well by various people including [...]
Tags: collaboration·communication·connection·people·social computing·social networking
Not just Twitter, most conversation is meaningless babble
February 19th, 2010 · Comments Off · ideas
Tweet It’s not really meaningless babble anyway! And this is not necessarily a bad thing. Most conversation is not important for the words we speak. Instead it is the act of being present to the other person and giving attention that gives most conversations their true value. Some experts term this social grooming. It also [...]
Tags: collaboration·communication·community·hyperconnectivity·social networking·twitter
Positive thinking versus positive action
February 5th, 2010 · Comments Off · ideas
Tweet There is a difference between merely engaging in positive thinking and undertaking positive action. On its own thinking is merely an interior act, and only when connected to positive actions does it create new realities. Look at issues like slavery, women’s rights, democracy. Changes in each of these were fueled by anger channeled towards [...]
Tags: collaboration·communication·community·ideas·imagination·people
Social Media and Business | SME Technology Conference
December 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · ideas
Tweet I spoke at Ross Dawson’s SME Technology Summit last week. Here are my slides & some brief thoughts about social media for business: Social Media For Business 2009 View more presentations from Kate Carruthers. Tweet
Tags: business·communication·social media·social networking·technology·twitter
Hero or monster it all comes down to choices
December 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off · ideas
Tweet This is a very thought provoking TED talk from Philip Zimbardo. He’s famous for the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment. Think about how you would react in certain situations (e.g. Abu Ghraib) – how easy it is to act in ways you might regret later? Hero or villain it all comes down to choices. The [...]
Tags: communication·networked society·people·social networking·technology·web 2.0
Excellent execution: the platform for success
November 15th, 2009 · 3 Comments · ideas
Tweet I went for a cheese & wine dinner at Bells at Killcare on Friday night with @frombecca and @JohannaBD. The food – by Stefano Manfredi (a.k.a. @manfredistefano) – was wonderful as usual. The wines selected by Michael Trembath were lovely, the cheeses selected by Will Studd were a delight, the venue charming, and our [...]
