Good project communication is always a big challenge. The broader the project’s impact, the bigger the team — and the challenge. This shouldn’t be much of a surprise since communication in all areas of business (and throughout our lives) is challenging. How can we be sure that the right people across both the team and… Read More
We’re all busy. For me, a small and rapidly expanding business takes up most of my time. It’s both exciting and exhausting. For you it might be the same or it might be a demanding position with a more traditional employment agreement. It doesn’t matter. My epiphany this weekend was that it is NOT only… Read More
Image via Wikipedia Michael Hansen, CEO Elsevier Health Sciences opened the Software & Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) Annual Information Industry Summit by reintroducing the audience to Galileo. His lessons from Galileo: In a time of change, remember your roots. Galileo reminded Hansen of Elsevier’s core strength to: “bring insights to the world and have… Read More
“There’s a mismatch between what science knows and what business does.” Daniel Pink at TED Talks 2009 According to Dan, what science knows is that when people are offered rewards for simple, structured tasks results improve. But, when rewards are offered for tasks that are conceptual they have a negative impact on performance. What business… Read More
We're talking about Google Wave over on the Scholarly Kitchen. Google Wave was built to answer the question, “How would email look if it were invented today?” But Wave goes far beyond email-like functionality and tries to get to the heart of communication in all the forms that we’ve come to know. Wave is part… Read More
After Michael Clarke's coverage of Sci Foo Camp on the Scholarly Kitchen, I thought there was nothing left to say. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 I was wrong. NatureVideo just posted a Science Foo Camp 2009 video on YouTube. From DNA, to skulls, to puzzles, it seems like Sci Foo had it all. It… Read More
Image via CrunchBase I found this fascinating quote today: Earlier this week, I wrote about the management trap that occurs in industries undergoing disruptive innovation. David Smith from CABI forwarded this presentation from Netflix to me. It’s excellent, and deserves to be shared widely.Kent Anderson under, The Scholarly Kitchen, Aug 2009 Culture View more presentations… Read More
Earlier in the spring, while attending the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) NetGain conference, I was asked to answer a question as part of a series for the SIIA Content Division. As the result of sheer coincidence, Chris Anderson was a keynote at the conference and was also asked the same question. Several people were… Read More