Communications
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David Zinger 3 Words Follow-up
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3 Words Follow-up to yesterday’s post written by David Zinger. I am so pleased you took so much away from 3 little words. It makes me feel stronger than the 3 little pigs and I know some wolf can blow my 3 word structure down. The words are all important to me and my work.…
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Branding and the 3-word Theme
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I was checking out David Zinger’s twitter page and noticed his 2009 3-word theme. They are “Authentic, Connections, Engage.” A part of me wants a 5 page manifesto on his choice of these words and why they are important to him this year. (he probably wrote a blog post on this, but I missed it).…
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Survey Design 101 – Part 2: Which questions should I keep or drop?
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Guest Author: Stephen B. Jeong, Ph.D. In Part 1 of Survey Design 101, we discussed two broad topics related to survey design – choosing the right topics and creating quality questions. Survey design (or questionnaire development), however, is not complete until you can show that all or most of the redundant questions have been filtered…
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Implementation and the “Personal Win”
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We always end up talking about employee adoption whenever we are implementing anything whether it’s technology, process or anything else. When we talk about adoption, we’re really talking change management, and in that we are talking about changing both behaviors of people as well as attitudes. We want to convert both their minds as well…
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Engagement Overkill?
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No pun intended. But I’m troubled and I don’t get it. This morning the acting CFO over at Freddie Mac committed suicide. He was brought in after the bailout, so theoretically he should not have a ton of direct responsibility over the causes of the current economic crisis. People seem to be committing suicide at…
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Symphony: Scope of Sight
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From where the conductor stands, she sees and hears everything. This is the perfect place from which to direct and convey small changes in vision. The conductor is perfectly situated so that everyone can see her, and she can alternatively see everyone back. If the conductor was anywhere else, she might hear one section louder…
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Symphony: Individual Performers
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04-15 In a symphony, there are no individual performers. There can’t be. The whole point of a symphony is individual elements coming together to form a single cohesive vision of piece of music. Violins all coordinate to execute in perfect synchronicity and unison, blending to create a single voice in which none of them stand…
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Symphony: A Light Touch
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One of the secrets of good conducting is to have a light touch. What actually happens is when a conductor tries to force movements or over-emphasize and overpower the music, the symphony as a whole will generally rebel and do their own thing. The conductor’s job is to simply convey their own vision for the…
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Symphony: Trust Your Section Leads
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It’s pretty amazing when you watch a symphony or orchestra work. You see the conductor doing her thing front and center. You see violins sitting together in perfect coordination, and all the other instruments doing the same. What is actually happening is sometimes a surprise. Most members of the symphony are only taking casual direction…
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Cover-ups
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Up through the Beijing Olympics, I’d been reading stories almost on a daily basis about how China was trying to present a public image of itself that was not necessarily the truth. Limited access for journalists (to protect the athletes?): Really there was concern that the political environment that surrounds the country would be exposed.…
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The Realities of Integrated UI
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Anu posted this image of simplicity for user interface designs. While it’s a bit of a caricature on how Apple and Google have designed their UI’s, it’s really quite accurate at a basic level. Everything you need to do is in one single step. I’ve spent quite a bit of time sitting around on systematicHR…
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Microsoft’s Attempt at GenY
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Hey, Genius. We want you. We know you’re genius in some way or another. Whether you’re code crazy, binary brilliant or master of origami dollhouses, it’s all good by us. So if you’re feeling genius at the moment, or just want to tale a cerebral siesta, come take a look around. ((Retrieved from http://hey-genius.com/ on…
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Complex Problem Solving and Change Management
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Serious hat tip to Rob Millard Rob wrote about this over 2 years ago, but the picture still exists and I stumbled upon it months ago, and then had a second look a couple weeks ago. Rob pointed me to an intriguing picture that I’ve had to think about for a while. Rather than using…
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Offboarding
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There is a single offboarding experience that sticks out in my mind as one of the most positive work experiences I’ve ever had. While these days we have technology and alumni networks to help us out, successful offboarding is more about the people than about the technology or process. As usual, I had not been…
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10 Job Fair Tips That Really Work (For the Recruiter)
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The following was contributed to the site: Whether you are looking for interns or executives, attending a job fair can be a very effective strategy for recruiters. With the advent of Web 2.0, many hiring managers are increasingly dependent on technology for recruiting. However, the old-fashioned methods can still work very well. Below are 10…
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What Integration Means
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From an applications technology point of view, we’ve all known that integration simply means connecting data from one software component to another. Often we’ve used integration to mean that functional modules within a single suite (such as ERP – Oracle or SAP) don’t require interfaces. Other times, we’ll talk to point solution vendors and they…
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The CEO and Company Culture
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The other systematic asks: In a recent interview with one of our analysts, a Fortune 500 company’s HR director said (not verbatim) “It’s not HR’s job to define our culture. It’s the CEO’s job. It’s our job to communicate that culture.” While I understand the position I have to say it doesn’t sit fully well…
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“Talent” as Marketing?
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Seth Godin’s recent post on Talent and marketing HR hit home on may fronts. What if you started acting like the VP of Talent? Understanding that talent is hard to find and not obvious to manage. The VP of Talent would have to reorganize the department and do things differently all day long (small example:…
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Why Technology Projects Fail 2
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Your technology project is completed. Your go live date is imminent. You have committed serious time and effort to changing your processes, and making sure they get implemented in your new technology appropriately. Your delivery method is changing and people will need to use the new processes, portals, and workflows starting tomorrow. Suddenly you realize…
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The Hype Around Facebook and HR
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I mean really, what’s the big deal? This is yet another social networking tool that has invaded our work spaces. First it was personal access to e-mails during work hours. Then it was dating sites. (I once worked with an organization that noted some administrative staff were spending as much as 30% of their time…