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Overinflated Job Title or Complete Gibberish? Can You Tell The Difference?

Allwork

Brand Evangelist : This title gives the impression of a promotional role (brand promotion), but it can refer to someone responsible for social media management and other promotional activities. The post Overinflated Job Title or Complete Gibberish?

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Workplace design and the corrective force of rediscovery

Workplace Insight

A descent into order Both historically and currently workplace designers and managers have sought ways to improve the flows of information and people around a building. It was also apparent in the famous decision by Yahoo to issue a similar edict to its remote working employees to return to the corporate fold.

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How Gulliver’s Travels predicted AI and our attempts to make sense of it all

Workplace Insight

It even manages to offer up a proto-LLM in the form of The Engine, a device found in the city of Lagado, impoverished by a commitment to relentless, pointless research. He contrasts them unfavourably with the thuggish Yahoos of mankind. It’s really about one man’s descent into disillusion with the human race.

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Too much information.

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 7 November, 2009 Too much information. Do you have a question or do you want to pass information along to the person. Does it require any further information or explanation? For example, "Please send me the following information: - A photocopy of Ms. Too much information.

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Uncover the Source of Your Information Overload with Xerox’s Business of Your Brain App

Productivity Bits

For security reason, I couldn’t use this plugin because it is not an approved app for use in my work’s email (I use Gmail / Yahoo for my personal email). In a March post Marlon talked about how to deal with information overload at work. There’s no escaping the barrage of information that now comes our way.

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Confessions of a Micro-Manager

Laughing all the Way to Work

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 4 October, 2009 Confessions of a Micro-Manager Who would want to work for a micro-manager? Here are some reasons I think managers can get possessive: Im not sure I can trust you. A manager has to have confidence that you know how to do your job. I never wanted to be a manager.

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Managing your Boss's Inbox

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 29 August, 2009 Managing your Bosss Inbox Nowadays our bosses are busy almost 24/7 and in order to cope they need our help managing their e-mail account. This is particularly important given the ease in which we can share information on social networking sites. Lets enjoy our day together.©