by Derek Morrison, 19 January 2011 In my 8 April 2010 posting I highlighted Clay Shirky’s online essay The Collapse of Complex Business Models. If Shirky’s essay provided insufficient food for thought then perhaps a recent BBC World Service podcast featuring the views of the management consultant and military historian Stephen Bungay will do the […]
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Flexible working, flexible learning?
February 13th, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, 13 February 2009 There was an interesting set of articles on flexible working in The Independent’s SustainIT section (10 February 2009). Ok, this Independent pull-out was in association with BT so we have to be alert to implicit product placement but, nevertheless, there was some interesting stuff that I think could be […]
QA-QE SIG web-site launched at ALT-C 2008
September 16th, 2008
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by Derek Morrison, 16 September 2008 The QA-QE SIG web-site has just been launched at ALT-C 2008. New members are being invited to register for the SIG via the link on the home page. Members are expected to actively participate in the online community – for instance, participation in discussions and uploading (or giving links […]
Take me to your thought leader!
January 28th, 2008
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by Derek Morrison, originally posted 11 January 2008 (updated 13 January and 28 January 2008) For some time I’ve been mulling over the thorny question of leadership in this era of “digital democracy”, Web 2.0, “user-generated content”, and “wisdom of the crowds”. Consequently, I much welcomed the 9 January 2008 posting All about me by […]
