Are case studies and benchmarking moribund? If Chip Heath is right about bright spots, then trying to be like another company could well be a waste of time. You should be more like you at your best.
Wiffy always critiques my listening skills: for my part, in common with many men, I think that I am not permanently listening to see if someone is trying to talk to me. This means I often miss the start of conversations. Clearly I actually have lazy ear, having had loads of ear infections as a youth.
Dear lord, who invented these? I think calling them a banned list is a little harsh: maybe to be avoided? That said, I have struggled with a suitable opposite to benefits (mainly because it is so woolly as a term anyhow).
- Trialogue
- Wellderly
- Goldfish bowl facilitated conversation
- Tonality
- Webinar
- Under-capacitated
- Clienting
- Disbenefits
Despite it most likely being a pre-election salvo, I’m very keen on wider publication of salaries. I think the bizarre UK obsession with obfuscating what we earn (even between friends) is partly to blame for all sorts of discrimination and definitely allows companies to sweat their employees in a way that doesn’t feel right to me.
Interesting list of Guy Kawasaki’s favourite applications. Obiously Mac-centric, but some things in there that are definitely worth checking out.
Lovely comment on the Mail comments on the Venables affair. Is the commenter eligible for the auto-Darwin awards?
Maybe we should give this revision to mirror discipline a go?
Slightly overblown title, but there are good interviews with people you wouldn’t necessarily come across normally.
Appcelerator sounds an interesting prospect for developing multi-platform (desktop and mobile) native apps using web technologies. It is open source, which makes it attractive. Now to work out a) their business model and b) their competitors.