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Dion Hinchcliffe and 4 Principles of today’s digital workplace | ZDNet

While there are numerous ways of thinking about how to organize the digital workplace, in practice there seem to be three widely used models, with a fourth newer one that seems to be developing quickly, often in a very informal fashion. Four Common Models for Organizing the Digital Workplace What’s interesting about this list is…

12/09/2016
“[Trump] is like your legacy content management and collaboration technology.“ | Aaron Levie

I have to share this quote. And beyond the Trump-joke there is a lot of truth in Aaron’s statement. “[Trump] is like your legacy content management and collaboration technology. Lots of vague promises that don’t seem to be fulfilled … Really it’s about building walls to make it hard to share the best ideas and…

12/09/2016
Build Contextual Intelligence into the Digital Workplace OR add a Layer of Intelligence to Everything the Worker does

I really like this article very much and here some key quotes: Digital workplaces must extend beyond technologies that simply connect individuals to one another via calls, video, emails and messaging, and evolve to virtual persistent team workspaces that minimize distractions and maximize engagement. … One risk to the digital workplace is that workers will…

24/08/2016
Workplace Fear of Missing out (FOMO): To fight the beast we need Cognitive solutions and Self-Organization

Interesting thoughts about Fear of Missing out (FOMO) – (German: die Angst, etwas zu verpassen) in the workplace and the potential impact of Cognitive Solutions on it. Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) is an anxiety created by the idea that something exciting is going on somewhere else, usually online … and you are ‘missing out.’…

21/07/2016
McKinsey: Changes in the Workplace will be more nuanced than simple choice between Human and Robot

McKinsey on the impact of Artificial Intelligence and robots on jobs: Machines will change jobs, but they won’t fully take over from humans. The technical feasibility of automation is best analyzed by looking not at occupations as a whole, but at the amount of time spent on individual activities, and the degree to which these…

18/07/2016
‚Silence Your Phones‘: Smartphone Notifications Increase Inattention and Hyperactivity Symptoms

Interesting statements on notifications, interruptions and multi-tasking in todays digital workplace. And I do experience everyday myself the pain of visual and audio notifications, on my Mac, on my phone and sometimes even worse now on my watch. Nothing worse but getting distracted by vibration exactly in the moment, when you are serving in your…

27/04/2016