Devils in the Workplace – part 3
Kate Carruthers In a great book Bob Sutton has talked about his no asshole rule (No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t) and he has evangelized the…
December 2008
#LeWeb08 Paris – some thoughts
The theme for Le Web 08 is LOVE. Strangely I was walking around the area where the conference is being held earlier today and realised that the square nearby the…
Devils in the Workplace – part 2
What does this work devil phenomenon tell us about the modern workplace? It tells us that in spite of the rhetoric about caring for staff, the reality is that as…
Devils in the Workplace – part 1
We have all done it – putting on the special telephone answering voice as we pick up the phone. In our daily life, we use many different personas. This is…
Why I like MBTI
Over the years I have been put through many different personality assessments in the course of employment. Of all of them the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (a.k.a MBTI) remains my…
Social Media Community Building 2008
In Sydney we have had a great year of building a lively and vibrant social media community. Late last year many individuals decided that they wanted to be more connected…
New article on workforce development
The article is up on the TAFE NSW website now – Workforce development: Case studies in private and public sector implementation A big thank-you to Michael Specht and the team…