Hard work! Aligning organisational values and behaviour
Kate Carruthers Alignment of articulated and enacted values in business The issue of how well an organisation’s values align between what they say they are and what they actually do in practise…
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Tolerance: freedom of speech, thought, association and discussion
It has been very interesting (during the 2010 Australian federal election campaign) to watch people advocating freedom of speech on one hand and then getting upset when people with differing…
Some thoughts on women, management & work #wmwc
I’m lucky enough to be attending the Women, Management and Work Conference in Sydney today. There is a great turnout, with many familiar names and faces from around Australia. So…
Ethics, incompetence, and conspiracy
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…
Knowledge, convenience and findability (thanks @KerrieAnne)
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…
OMG the Onion is right about social networking – IMHO it changes nothing yet it changes everything
This post was inspired by a humorous post on The Onion, titled: “New Social Networking Site Changing The Way Oh, Christ, Forget It: Let Someone Else Report On This Bullshit”…
Libraries for the future
I spent most of my youth and childhood hanging about in public libraries and reading their books. In fact I blame libraries for most of my quirks these days, since…
ANZAC 2010 – Mapping our ANZACS
It seems appropriate this ANZAC Day to share a good online resource. Thus I commend to people the Australian National Archives site called Mapping our ANZACS. It provides a way…
What do you work for?
Had an interesting conversation with some friends recently and it got me thinking about what we work for. In Western societies many of us work, in addition to money and…
Random acts of kindness
I’ve been reflecting on the people who’ve influenced my life. The ones who have shaped my thoughts and helped me to work out what kind of person I am and…