Thinking in Reverse

...this challenge goes way beyond disrupting a hypothesis. Many of the benefits offered by new ways of working (under the labels Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0) require you to think in reverse. Prediction markets challenge the belief that strategy should come from management. Open source collaboration challenges the belief that research and development must be performed in secret. Blogging challenges the belief that PR and marketing control external communications...

Links last week - 080629

The following is a selection of links collected from 23rd to 29th June. Shared via Google Reader, FriendFeed and Twitter. Organised roughly by library category: Systems and the elements - People, Information and Technology ...Read full post

The value in Twitter

Twitter has introduced me to some great people and really demonstrates the value in weak connections. Strong connections inevitably create an echo chamber - if you are talking to the same people sharing the same interests and opinions, deja vu becomes familiar. Weak ties broaden your horizons and connect you to a whole new group of people. Diversity thrives on weak connections. And diversity is great for challenging assumptions and generating new ideas....Read full post

Multi-tasking is inefficient and valuable

Multitasking is less efficient than only working on a single task at a time until it is completed. Every time you switch tasks, you cause a delay because you interrupt your train of thought. That's a cost. But nobody seems to talk about the negative effects of singletasking ...Read full post

Designing Teams

If the make-up of people at the top of an organisation doesn't remotely represent the make-up of people at the bottom or the target audience, it is unlikely that the organisation has the 'best possible people for the jobs' in the jobs. Either because of corruption or because the current system deters the right people from coming forward. Neither reason is good ...Read full post