Why email often sucks

Of all the systems we use at work, we probably spend more time in our email than anything else. I’d honestly say that at least 50% of my work is spent reading and responding to email. I’d wager that for…

Congratulations to Sarah Hammond!

Well done to Sarah Hammond, the WorkSmart member who has won our draw. Her prize, if you remember, is a copy of Scott Berkun‘s The Myths of Innovation. Sarah works at the British Library and you can find her on Twitter…

Business reimagined

I was chatting the other day to my pal Dave Coplin from Microsoft who told me he was deep into writing a new book. Awesome! It made me go and look back at his previous one, Business Reimagined (free on…

Five for Friday – 21 March 2014

Five for Friday is WorkSmart’s weekly roundup of interesting stuff from the week’s reading. Can People Collaborate Effectively While Working Remotely? 7 Predications for the Future of Work Startup culture hacks The power of technology for learning and why creating…

Another podcast!

Today I was at #barcampnfp – a rather fun unconference for people working in charities and other not (just) for profit organisations. I was flying the flag for TaskSquad, the fantastic youth employment startup that Mary McKenna is leading, and…

Link roundup

I find this stuff so you don’t have to: The power of technology for learning and why creating together is better | Helen Milner Barcamp NotForProfits | dxw (I’ll be there representing @tasksquadhq) Digital local government: a future in Google…

The Workplace – Q and A site for your career

I recently came across The Workplace – a question and answer site for people who go to work. It’s built on the Stack Exchange platform – which has considerable success in building knowledge communities, particularly around techy topics. I personally…

Working openly on the web

There was a nice guest post from Doug Belshaw from Mozilla on Brian Kelly’s blog last week. Entitled What Does Working Openly on the Web Mean in Practice?, it told us a bit about Mozilla’s culture of openness and how…