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#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 ancient looking church of St Christopher was where the Edict of Nantes was proclaimed in 1598. How, you might ask,

Devils in the Workplace - part 2

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 long a manager is seen as delivering results it does not matter what damage is done to the human beings

Devils in the Workplace - part 1

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 not a bad thing as this helps us to navigate our way through daily interactions. But there is a phenomenon occurring

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 favourite. This is probably a good time to confess my MBTI type - ENTP - which could go some way

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 with other people who were active in the areas of technology startups, entrepreneurial ventures and social media. As a result

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 at NSW Department Commerce for their time.

Imagining Technology Futures - part 6

For me some defining characteristics of social computing (or web 2.0 as some call it) have been (a) democratization of the process of creation, enabling user generated content; and (b) mashing up of different applications and media to create something new. These characteristics are likely to remain part of

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