Productivity Archive

  • Games are serious business.  And becoming serious for business. Believe it or not, they may help you work better. It’s called “gamification,” and Computerworld recently described it as “the process...

    “Gamification” and GSA

    Games are serious business.  And becoming serious for business. Believe it or not, they may help you work better. It’s called “gamification,” and Computerworld recently described it as “the process...

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  • Have you ever wondered how and when innovation happens? Can managers demand it? Can we put it in our project plans? Can we just reprioritize it when we get too...

    Innovation Happens

    Have you ever wondered how and when innovation happens? Can managers demand it? Can we put it in our project plans? Can we just reprioritize it when we get too...

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  •  Each day in the workplace we hear the sound of the fluorescent lights around us and the fans in the computers under our desks. We smell pop corn cooking down...

    Productive in Place

     Each day in the workplace we hear the sound of the fluorescent lights around us and the fans in the computers under our desks. We smell pop corn cooking down...

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  • Have you noticed the person sitting next to you might have different work habits, values or ambitions? The workforce is now comprised of four generations (4-G): Matures, Boomers, GenXers and...

    Among the Generations: A 4-G Workforce

    Have you noticed the person sitting next to you might have different work habits, values or ambitions? The workforce is now comprised of four generations (4-G): Matures, Boomers, GenXers and...

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  • I wrote a few weeks ago about cloud computing and its promise to reduce energy consumption in data centers. That research got me thinking about other natural resources, and our...

    Innovations in Conservation

    I wrote a few weeks ago about cloud computing and its promise to reduce energy consumption in data centers. That research got me thinking about other natural resources, and our...

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  •  There’s no doubt that social media has captured just about everyone’s imagination recently. Marketing channels are currently packed with the promise of higher productivity, shorter life-cycles, reduced coordination costs and...

    The Science of Social Media

     There’s no doubt that social media has captured just about everyone’s imagination recently. Marketing channels are currently packed with the promise of higher productivity, shorter life-cycles, reduced coordination costs and...

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