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One of the significant shifts we're seeing in talent management is around input versus output performance measurement. The traditional Company Man arrived at work promptly, spent solid hours at his desk, did not overstay his welcome at tea breaks and finished his...
A thought-provoking piece was presented by analyst Tony Rattey on Monday 13 March 2006 on SAFM, on the topic of "Can you truct the Internet?" I have some extension that I would like to offer. Regarding search engine manipulation, I think that it is important to note...
The Syndey Morning Herald today reports that "Politics a turn-off for gen Y" (read it here). Their main point is that today's young people are not apathetic about politics, that simply don't believe that the current form democracy is taking (multi-party spin...
In a recent Fortune magazine, somewhere in a story about Toyota, I zero-ed in on this quote from Jeffery Liker out of his book 'The Toyota Way'... Is Toyota a conservative company? Yes. Does it seem to be very plodding and slow to make changes? Yes. Is it innovative?...
He who pays the piper... One of the "rules" of the schoolyard always seemed to me to be that the guys with the biggest muscles got their way. But there were at least three other rules in operation that have been good comfort to me over the years: (1) nature knows what...
This past week, France has once again been burning. This time, it is the anger of students at proposed new labour laws that is fuelling the days and nights of running street battles, car burnings and trashing of buildings. The government wants to change legislation to...
This past week, France has once again been burning. This time, it is the anger of students at proposed new labour laws that is fuelling the days and nights of running street battles, car burnings and trashing of buildings. The government wants to change legislation to...
This article was posted on www.iol.co.za sourced from Ananova.com These people were frozen while they waited for medical science to discover two things: 1) How to cure the disease that killed them. 2) How to resuscitate people who have been cryogenically frozen. As I...
This article was posted on www.iol.co.za sourced from Ananova.com These people were frozen while they waited for medical science to discover two things: 1) How to cure the disease that killed them. 2) How to resuscitate people who have been cryogenically frozen. As I...
In a survey recently completed by Ameriprise Financial, it was found that a majority of older workers said what they most needed was advice on how to teach their own children about money and finances. Advice on their own retirement and finances came second and third....
In a survey recently completed by Ameriprise Financial, it was found that a majority of older workers said what they most needed was advice on how to teach their own children about money and finances. Advice on their own retirement and finances came second and third....
...good news for Apple as the Pope endorses the iPod. And speaking of iPods, even DA leader Tony Leon is getting in on the podcasting act. Other South Africans making a mark on the Web are AJ Venter, who's just launched a blog on his site, and Stormhoek Winery, whose...
[email protected] is a blog that faciltates discussion about two predominant, important themes: 1. Thoughts and musings about the emerging Connection Economy 2. Rants about SA cricket. Ok, more specifically, Graeme's rants about Jacques Kallis. And now mine, about...
Dave Winer has come up with the idea for an unconference out of sheer desperation - conferences are malignantly boring. Here's the full text, or you can read his post here. "The idea for an unconference came while sitting in the audience of a panel discussion at a...
Dave Winer has come up with the idea for an unconference out of sheer desperation - conferences are malignantly boring. Here's the full text, or you can read his post here. "The idea for an unconference came while sitting in the audience of a panel discussion at a...
The ability to extract critical information from about-to-retire Boomers is absolutely essential. And now, the big boys are weighing in with consulting services to assist companies in the process. IBM is the latest to join the party. From the Atlanta Business...
Rob Millard has a great blog on Strategy. He has recently added an entire category for inter-generational issues onto his blog. Check it out here (I think there is only one entry so far, pointing to a recent post of mine, but it should grow nicely, and is worth...
There is a wonderful metaphor we can use to understand the differences between generations: Music playback medium ... the gramaphone, LP Records, 8-track, Cassette Tapes, CD, and now the MP3, digital. Each one "belongs" to a certain generation. However the nice thing...
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