Gadgets = Food & Sex for Techies?

Monday, June 7th, 2010

A really good read from the NY Times on how multi-tasking is affecting people - Hooked on Gadgets and Paying a Mental Price. "While many people say multitasking makes them more productive, research shows otherwise. Heavy multitaskers actually have more trouble focusing and shutting out irrelevant information, scientists ...

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Who owns my medical (identity) records?

Monday, July 20th, 2009

In the U.S.A. the "healthcare reform debate is raging in our congress and on main street. What is missing is intelligent conversation around how the Laws of Identity should be applied to medical records/health records. Maybe I could recoup some of my out-of-pocket costs for healthcare if I ...

Posted in Culture, Identity Management, Information Management, knowledge management, Trust | 2 Comments »

Certified Knowledge Manager Training

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Certified Knowledge Manager Training 4 - 8 May 2009, Basel, Switzerland Interactive 5 day workshop supported by extensive eLearning program Workshop Leaders: Barry Hardy, Beat Knechtli, Pavel Kraus, Michael Wyrsch, Stephan Bohr, Douglas Weidner Topics: KM Practices, Business Case, Strategy, Program Planning, KM Frameworks, KM and Organisational Culture, Change Management for KM Programs, Leadership ...

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We’ve got to stop pretending it’s a paper-based world.

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

"We've got to stop pretending it's a paper-based world."  This is a quote in the Des Moines Iowa Register from Scott McLeod, an associate professor of education leadership at Iowa State University. These are words we should all remember.  Everyday I am confronted by terms like reports, print this out, let ...

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