Whether you are a first time college student or a seasoned professional in career transition, the digital world is designing jobs every day that didn’t existed 12 to 24 months ago. In a job starved economy this is a pretty appealing prospect for anyone looking to remain professionally viable long-term and particularly interesting for students…
Category Archives: Managing Change
Social media – Is it a business tool or a kid’s toy?
It’s hard to go anywhere these days without bumping into social media in one form or the other. Many business leaders feel the urgency to understand the concept, but they are also trying to understand the real business value. As a leader, it’s up to you to spot the trends that give your business a…
Creating a Digital Strategy for Your Small Business (and how not to go nuts with all the options available)
As a small business or “solopreneur”, it’s hard not to be dazzled by the array of “free” tools available at your digital fingertips. But “free” has a hidden price and sometimes it takes thousands of hours or a large chunk of revenue to figure things out. Many of us learned these lessons the hard way…
Transitioning to Remote Work From Traditional Work – What’s the Difference?
You are considering the option to join a virtual team and make the transition to working remotely – or maybe you are being asked to do so because of changes in your company/industry. Scary, right? Well not really if you take the following tidbits of advice offered by the virtual worker community. We’ve spoken with…
Reducing data privacy risks by adopting a service-mentality
In today’s technology-driven world; privacy professionals – particularly in regulated industries – have a unique and difficult challenge. Data, of all sorts, is the basis for much of the economy today and data use is evolving as new technologies are continuously introduced to the market. It is more than daunting to determine the best approach…
New technology and its impact on productivity in the workplace
Feeling overwhelmed by the pace of change these days? Not surprising. We’re surrounded by technology that drives our global economy and it is pretty overwhelming as the pace of innovation accelerates. Add smart phones, netbooks, and iPads which detach us from our desks and keep us permanently connected 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. Layer…
Social media, virtual networking and the gender advantages
I spoke with many interesting, smart people last week who are struggling with the whole social media, virtual networking thing. These people are small business owners, consultants, corporate citizens and people in “transition” (the new PC term for professionals currently between jobs). They are men and women, mostly over 40 who are trying to understand…
Social networking, data privacy and learning to live with risk
I read a disturbing article in the New York Times this weekend regarding the use of social networking to exact justice (or revenge?) on individuals. NPR’s On The Media also picked up the story. Dubbed “human-flesh search engines” or “renrou sousuo yinqing”, these tools of vigilante justice are tacitly overlooked, perhaps even encouraged, by the Chinese…
Listen Up – Change is a Smart Business Strategy
I spend a lot of time speaking with business folks about change. Not surprising really given it’s my business and the general state of the world today is forcing everyone to contend with it. But under any circumstances, whether we like to acknowledge it or not, change is a constant. Convincing people to change (and…
Confessions of a certain age: fascination and fear of social networking
Alright, I’ll admit it, I was never a gamer. I was too busy sailing or running or cooking or biking or doing most anything physical (I have a hard time sitting still). As I got a bit (dare I say it?) older, I was very busy with my job. I was so busy doing things…
