Category: Workplace

  • One silver lining in the ash cloud

    The welcome news this morning that UK airspace is now open again for commercial air travel in and out of the country is undoubtedly a relief to everyone who’s been caught up in the huge chaos over the past week.…

  • The enterprise iPad is coming

    It’s less than a week to go before the iPad is released in the United States, on April 3. It comes to the UK and other countries later in April. Even if hardly anyone outside of some mainstream media, app…

  • Employee use of social media and networks: inform your decisions

    Blocking employee access in the workplace to social networks and other content (and people) on the web is a tactic employed by many organizations. The most common reasons I hear are that it’s to address organizations’ concerns surrounding security (prevention…

  • Language choices at the granular level

    Discussions during my trip to Berlin, Germany, a few days ago prompted some thought in my mind about a key element in the overall social media puzzle – people’s behaviours. Especially from a business communication perspective, social media are tools…

  • Business card simplicity

    Steve Rubel writes on personal presence online, considering where to focus people’s attention via the humble business card on where you are online. I see lots of business cards and most have line after line of addresses of websites, blogs,…