The good old expression, shoot the messenger has been around for ages, but it’s still very relevant, particularly to me. Basically the (blameless) messenger, bearing bad news receives some form of punishment, just for being the unfortunate individual that delivered the message. Enough said, a pointless act, but it happens. Here’s how my situation plays out. […]
Micro-participation in Social Media – making it easy to join in, and build confidence.
If you make things really easy to do, people will participate, in theory……..(more to it than that I know, but stick with me). Previously I’ve gone on about why I think people don’t engage on a much bigger scale with social media in the workplace. Once you remove the organisational barriers (like a lack of empowerment and […]
Employee Engagement – is 150 the Magic Number, plus something else?
Is there such a thing as the ‘best’ or ‘right’ number of people in a successful organisation? Last week I was at the Cardiff University Distinguished Lecture Series where I listened to Professor Robin Dunbar explain that around 150 people is the optimum number to maintain the informal relationships and cohesiveness that allow a community […]
Avoid petty laws and useless officials – The Georgia Guidestones Principle 7
Avoid Petty Laws and Useless Officials. Pause and have think about this for a minute. Try breathing in and then out, slowly… what an interesting idea. Following on from last week’s post about Vogon Planners and a local council, I’ve had my very own encounter with petty laws and useless officials (an unjustified parking ticket) […]
How many people actually participate in online communities of practice?
This follows the previous post about why social media and online communities of practice (OCoP) (with some notable exceptions) aren’t used more widely in public services. I thought it was worth having a look to see if I could get hold of some statistics to back this up. The short answer to the question is, […]
“go to where the people are”
38 degrees – the angle beyond which an avalanche can happen. Clever! This follows the last post about why lots of public sector people don’t use social media for work. From the comments you’ll see there are exceptions, with people like Helen Reynolds and her Yammer group moving things forward. Keep up the good work! […]
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