Generation Gap … embracing and bridging the gap

Do you have a strategy to embrace and bridge the generation gap we are witnessing in the IT workforce?  Read what CIO INSIGHT has to offer as 5 tips to manage the generation gap – http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Slideshows/5-Ways-to-Manage-Across-the-Generations/?kc=COQFTEMNL050108STR5 How do you balance the energy and enthusiasm of your “younger” workforce with the structure and stability that your [...]

Wikinnovation – Unleash the human potential

Are you using Wikis to unleash the power of collaboration within your enterprise?  Find out how some CIOs are leading the way by empowering their associates to generate, share and discuss ideas through an open forum.  Something about this seems fundamentally human to us?  What do you think?  Can Wikis take water-cooler innovation to the [...]

The B Word – Should Facebook be b****** @ work?

Facebook has taken ‘Generation Next’ by storm.  Is Corporate America ready for the Facebook Generation?  eWeek explores this question in an interesting article at http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Should-Facebook-Be-Banned-from-Work/?kc=EWKNLEDP041108A What do you think?  Should Facebook be banned in the workplace?  Even the experts are divided … read on.   Read what some of us think but most importantly let us [...]

Perception is reality – but what about the other way around?

Expectations have long been studied by psychologists. What we expect plays a big role in determining how effective certain medications are, for example. Now there is additional research showing the brain does even more active ‘adjusting’ of our senses than previously thought.

Don’t Multi-task as you read this!

Newsweek recently ran an article that spoke about the downside of something many of us take for granted, and perhaps even tout as a ‘core competency’ – multi-tasking.  Researchers have apparently found a negative correlation between multi-tasking and rational decision making.  Now, if that’s not scary enough, consider this – a survey of 5000 people [...]