640 Articles match "Productivity"

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Assessing Productivity in a Networked Era – ROII (Return on Investment in Interaction)
Look at General Motors. Look at Chrysler. We are witnessing the death throes of management models that have outlived their usefulness. The network era now replacing the industrial age holds great promise. Networked organizations are reaping rewards for connecting people, know-how and ideas at an ever-faster pace, and increasingly value creation has migrated from what we can see (physical assets) to intangibles (ideas that define products or services....
The FASTForward Blog - Friday, July 3, 2009
How Will You Survive the Holiday?
For those of you who really aren’t good at taking time off, you can fake it. Pretend to take a day off while really planning for a day of quiet holiday productivity . Since everyone thinks that you are off work, you might be able to get some real work done.... Learn more » ...Tags: Featured How Do You Work? Tips & Tricks holiday productivity.
Web Worker Daily - Friday, July 3, 2009
Friday’s Finds #7
From the Twitter files this past week: via @c4lpt - 10 Strategies for Integrating Learning and Work (part 3) via @1ernesto1 - Cheater or Collaborator? via @johnsgunn - Canadians have no legitimate expectation of privacy when they use the Internet via @kdwashburn -  Florida school boosts achievement by jettisoning textbooks ROI: Productivity in a Networked Era: Not Your Fathers ROI  CLO article Flexibility has it’s own Return on Investment ...Tags: Communities Informal Learning.
Harold Jarche - Friday, July 3, 2009
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  • How to Kickstart a Low-Productivity Day
    No more task folders, no more email labeling, no more index cards in your back pocket. You just don’t have the energy today; the power of your productivity is at a low ebb. What do you do now? How do you flip that switch to get going again? Photo by Stewf . Here are five simple things you can do, not related to making lists or reworking your system (again), which will inspire you to get back on the right track. Walk around.... What are the switches that flip your energy back on on an unproductive day? Let us know in the comments. Jason W.
    Linked Intelligence - Monday, September 15, 2008
  • Debunking Productivity Myths
    There are so many available tools and resources on productivity that it’s bound to make one crazy.  I confess that I was one of those productivity addicts who subscribed to all the GTD and lifehacking blogs out there, downloaded all the tools I could find, and signed up for every new Web 2.0 service.  I lived almost a year of my life doing that, and it’s a wonder that I didn’t get a heart attack.
  • The fun of productivity measures
    A few people mentioned Jonathan Spira's post on Defining Productivity for the Knowledge Age Productivity is a term you may hear on a daily basis but have you ever stopped to consider its meaning, especially within the context of knowledge work and knowledge workers.... We measure things like the time people spend in front of the computer and then claim that an improved search appliance will improve the productivity of knowledge workers by reducing the amount of time spent searching.
    Knowledge Jolt with Jack - Tuesday, March 17, 2009
  • Twitter: Productivity Tool or Time Waster?
    For the Twitter converts, and dare I say “addicts,” Twitter is an essential part of their daily communications and work process, a can’t-work-without tool. In this post I’m going to look at 10 ways Twitter can really help your productivity, and 10 ways that it can waste your time. Here are ten ways Twitter can be a productivity tool: 1.... If you do activate SMS, do so with the greatest of care and only if you have an unlimited SMS plan. SMS’d tweets can cripple productivity by interrupting you every other minute. Beep. Beep.
    Web Worker Daily - Monday, February 9, 2009
  • Workplace Productivity
    One of the favorite quotes I used to use during presentations was Drucker - The most important contribution of management in the 21st century will be to increase knowledge-worker productivity. This is a big reason that I started Work Literacy.... When I look at concept workers and measuring their performance, I've come to realize that "workplace productivity" is not the right term and is not exactly where we should focus.
    elearning Technology - Wednesday, March 25, 2009
  • Productivity 2.0: How the New Rules of Work Are Changing the Game | Zen Habits
    Zen Habits About Links Uncopyright Forum Subscribe ( RSS | Email ) 73,800 People Subscribed Photo courtesy of Joshua Hoffman Productivity 2.
    zenhabits.net - Tuesday, October 14, 2008
  • How to Turn Productivity into a Habit
    Let’s face it - we are not web working machines. There are several forces that are going against our productivity.  These include random distractions, illness, noise , and even the fear of getting started. I’m very familiar with this problem, because even if I apply everything I know about productivity and work habits, I sometimes fall short. So what do we do if we can’t afford to fall into an unproductive day?
    Web Worker Daily - Wednesday, January 28, 2009
  • How to Use IM Without Ruining Your Productivity
    In a previous post about communication tools , WWD reader Melanie made an accurate observation that having an instant messaging client open while you’re working is like having the phone ring constantly.  Despite this, IM is useful for instantaneous back-and-forth exchanges with clients. How can we reconcile its usefulness as a communication tool with the fact that it can be downright annoying? Using one interface Having MSN messenger , Yahoo!
  • ROI - Social Media - Productivity
    April 20, 2009 Musical chairs … « Inside out , April 19, 2009 Top Keywords ROI (34) Social Media (113) Productivity (71) Knowledge Management (93) Adoption (43) Software (149) Knowledge (154) Culture (60) Collaboration (109) Technology (135) Team (83) Design (84) Connections (53) Informal Learning (19) Value (96) Attitudes (15) Learning (145) Social Search (7) Social Software (40)
    Work Literacy - Thursday, May 28, 2009
  • Twitter With Your Favorite Productivity Web Apps
    In an effort to justify the time that I spend on Twitter , I am always looking for ways to be able to claim that I use it for more productive purposes.... So here are some of my favorite, or otherwise notable, applications that let me tweak every last bit of productivity I can from my Twitter time.