Posted on April 27, 2008 by bradhinton
I was listening to the radio this week when I heard an interview with a film producer on triple j. Of special note was the comment by the female dj that perhaps casting for movies should be done the same way as decisions are made in those reality tv shows. Just sms your vote! The film producer was [...]
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Posted on April 20, 2008 by bradhinton
Posted on April 6, 2008 by bradhinton
Expect to hear more about snack drama in the future. Snack drama represents a niche product that will entertain a growing subscriber base using mobile communication platforms. Consumers’ increasing use of mobile communication for news and entertainment will provide the market momentum for this new communication product. And time poor consumers will support the snack drama format if the content is [...]
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Posted on February 3, 2008 by bradhinton
One of my favourite podcast sites is HBR IdeaCast. And one of my favourite podcasts that I have listened to recently is called The new science of human capital, IdeaCast No. 76. The podcast is an interview with one of the authors of the book Beyond HR. The gist of the podcast concerns talent management within organisations. [...]
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Posted on December 6, 2007 by bradhinton
I am reading Gerard Fairtlough’s book, The three ways of getting things done.
The book examines three forms of workplace environment:
1) Hierarchy - the traditional organisational form of power relations in which there is a distinct progression of roles and powers from top to bottom. Hierarchies are usually inflexible, discourage learning and communication, and inhibit change. [...]
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Posted on November 29, 2007 by bradhinton
It has been a feature of some of the knowledge management conferences and seminars that I have attended over the years to include speaking slots for vendors. The vendor usually uses the speaking opportunity as a spruiking platform. I am not interested in conference presentations being product advertisements.
So it was refreshing to hear this morning that a vendor-run seminar proved to be less [...]
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Posted on November 19, 2007 by bradhinton
I was at a party last Saturday evening when I struck up a conversation with a chap who worked for a pharmaceutical company in organizational development and learning (ODL).
As he talked about his job, I was struck by the similarities to the work undertaken in the knowledge management arena. We discussed the importance of intellectual capital and innovation. We [...]
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Posted on October 17, 2007 by bradhinton
The latest issue of the e-journal, Information Research, is now available.
There are some really interesting papers, especially the paper by Marcia Bates on browsing behaviour and the paper by Judit Bar-Ilan on librarian blogs.
There are several book reviews too, including this one on David Weinberger’s book, Everything is miscellaneous (a book I am currently reading).
All [...]
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Posted on September 20, 2007 by bradhinton
Last week in Image and Data Manager Online, there was a news report about a company suing the owner of a popular technology online discussion site here in Australia, called Whirlpool.
The report said that an accounting software company, 2Clix, was suing Whirlpool for allowing negative comments about the company’s software to be made on two online threads.
Another [...]
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Posted on September 14, 2007 by bradhinton
I gave my talk and presentation yesterday in Sydney at the Ark Group conference, Collaboration in the world of Web 2.0. My topic was on “tailoring content for Web 2.0″. The focus was on setting the scene for content within a Web 2.0 world (blogs, online collaboration, podcasting, wikis, and social networking) within the enterprise. Instead of [...]
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Posted on August 3, 2007 by bradhinton
When looking to complete a set of podcast downloads for my MP3 player last night, I came across a great selection of podcasts from SXSW Interactive 2007 held earlier this year in Austin, Texas.
The topics cover web 2.0, emerging digital technologies, creative media, and marketing. Check out the podcast list for yourself (note the next page option in tiny, [...]
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Posted on August 2, 2007 by bradhinton
I have been alerted (thanks, James) to the latest Future of Media Report 2007. The report gives a nice snapshot of the changes happening in global media for the year to June 2007 (although just missing out on the consummation of the Rupert Murdoch-Wall Street Journal deal). In addition, there is some interesting data on advertising, [...]
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Posted on July 30, 2007 by bradhinton
I had intended to give a brief synopsis and some comments on the remaining presentations that I heard at the KM Australia 2007 conference but I have decided to concentrate on the final presentation by Etienne Wenger.
Wenger is best known for his work on communities of practice (CoP). I have read some of his published [...]
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Posted on July 27, 2007 by bradhinton
The highlight of the KM Australia 2007 conference was the presentation on the afternoon of Day 1 by Michel Bauwens on “Peer to peer: the new paradigm for social innovation”.
Michel believes that free agents are becoming the dominant form of economic activity in the post-dot com world. As a result, people and their networks are [...]
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Posted on July 25, 2007 by bradhinton
Dave Snowden was the opening morning keynote speaker at KM Australia 2007 and presented on narrative and sensemaking. He emphasised that one of the problems with management and business strategy was the reliance on past performance and hindsight to predict the future. Hindsight cannot predict the future - the context is different and hindsight selects the [...]
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