I just saw an item from the Washington Post from last December titled: Google got it wrong. The open-office trend is destroying the workplace by Lindsey Kaufman. The article outlines her horrible experience at a New York ad agency that moved to an open office: lost productivity, judgement about personal routines and the daily experience of working as a member of a twelve person … [Read more...] about Work Experience Design: Google May Get Work Wrong, But it is the Design Not The Open Office
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Will Chocolate Save the World?
Photo by Anna Tarazevich on Pexels.com Will Chocolate Save the World? Keep an eye on chocolate. It may save the world. In the scenario planning discipline, we call side conversations about potentially big things a weak signal. It is an early cry of “wolf” in a world filled with potential catastrophes. Sometimes, that cry is heard, and in the case of Rachel Carson’s Silent … [Read more...] about Will Chocolate Save the World?
How to Derive Strategies from Scenarios
Download the PDF here: Strategies from Scenarios The future is complex and the paths forward a messy one. That has to be agreed to first. Any organization that thinks it controls its own destiny and can create the future in whole cloth does not need to read this article. For those who do agree that the future is messy, they must also acquiesce that navigating … [Read more...] about How to Derive Strategies from Scenarios
Why “Generation Z” should be Called “The Virtuals”
Several years ago when I was presenting at a Helix Commerce future of work conference in Canada, I first heard Cindy Gordon use the term “virtuals” to describe the generation following the Millennials. While Generation Z and several other terms are being bandied about, the term “virtuals” hasn’t stuck. I even visited the venerable reference that is Wikipedia and found no … [Read more...] about Why “Generation Z” should be Called “The Virtuals”
My Year of Living Paperlessly: From Magazines to Personal Learning Documents
I recently wrote the first in a series of posts about my attempt to turn 2015 into My Year of Living Paperlessly at iPhone Life. I am trying to document what I'm doing as I take each step. This post focuses turning magazine pages into learning documents. But let me step back first. I have, for years, kept files of magazine articles. Some of those have already been scanned … [Read more...] about My Year of Living Paperlessly: From Magazines to Personal Learning Documents
