People

Blog posts tagged People | Politics | Behaviour

Sample Posts

Unexpected social connections – April 2012

Once you have shared information with anyone, you have lost control of it. Your privacy settings become irrelevant.

Growing thicker skins – April 2011

More fool the HR department that bins a candidate because they did something stupid and posted it online in their youth. They should worry more about those with an opaque history

The best person in the job? – April 2010

When challenging the idea of quotas, the typical comment goes along the lines “It should be about choosing the best person for the job, regardless of gender, colour or race”. A reasonable sounding argument. But how many positions really are filled by the best possible person for the job, instead of as a result of networks and friendships?

The value in social networks – May 2008

Ignoring or banning access to social networks means people inside the organisation (employees) become less informed than people outside the organisation (customers, suppliers, partners, competitors). Is that a good thing?

External Links

Generations 2010 – Pew Internet Report, Dec 2010

“There are still notable differences by generation in online activities, but the dominance of the Millennial generation that we documented in our first “Generations” report in 2009 has slipped in many activities.”

Magic Numbers – Dave Snowden, May 2008

  • 5 (or maybe 3) = working memory limit <- Miller
  • 15 = people we can trust <- Snowden?
  • 150 = natural community size <- Dunbar

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