the impact of technology on working practice

three years on the helter skelter

cleethorpes helter skelter by cubwolf on flickr

Progress on the web has been running at break-neck speed for so long that we have become accustomed to the helter-skelter pace of development and we rarely get the time to look back and reflect on our journey, from where we were to where we are.

Nevertheless, I was recently asked by to answer an interesting question: How has your working life been changed by technology over the past three years?
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language of incoming management

a new broom speaks clean

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Presidents do it, Prime Ministers do it, even the guy who takes over the local pub does it: the new broom always speaks clean. The message is that things are going to be different, from now on. Continue reading article »

is that an excuse, or a reason?

When something goes wrong, it is better to understand the reason why – rather than hear an excuse. Is there a difference?

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Of course there is. But how do you tell the difference between an excuse and a reason?

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