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A Freethinking Leader's Guide To The Real World

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Very few organizations can measure knowledge-worker performance, for example, and so pronouncements about what leads to it are invariably wrong-headed. But we’ve been talking about it for a long time, and things don’t seem to have improved very much, if at all. We argue that this is because we’ve got the categories wrong.

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Nine Lies About Work

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Very few organizations can measure knowledge-worker performance, for example, and so pronouncements about what leads to it are invariably wrong-headed. But we’ve been talking about it for a long time, and things don’t seem to have improved very much, if at all. We argue that this is because we’ve got the categories wrong.

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Nine Lies About Work

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Very few organizations can measure knowledge-worker performance, for example, and so pronouncements about what leads to it are invariably wrong-headed. But we’ve been talking about it for a long time, and things don’t seem to have improved very much, if at all. We argue that this is because we’ve got the categories wrong.

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Tech Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace: Tips for Avoiding Collaborative Overload

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What are some examples of technology and nonprofit case studies that supports health, fitness, and wellness in the nonprofit workplace? According to Rob Cross’s research, knowledge workers spend 90 to 95 per cent of their time on the phone, responding to e-mails or in meetings. Establish Look Ahead Team Rituals .

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Nine Lies About Work

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Very few organizations can measure knowledge-worker performance, for example, and so pronouncements about what leads to it are invariably wrong-headed. But we’ve been talking about it for a long time, and things don’t seem to have improved very much, if at all. We argue that this is because we’ve got the categories wrong.

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Nine Lies About Work

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Very few organizations can measure knowledge-worker performance, for example, and so pronouncements about what leads to it are invariably wrong-headed. But we’ve been talking about it for a long time, and things don’t seem to have improved very much, if at all. We argue that this is because we’ve got the categories wrong.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

What happened was I felt like I was wasting too much time on things that should be easy. The eePC is a great example, as are cell phones, media players, etc. Most creatives and knowledge workers who are not developers. And we don’t (at least I don’t) want to spend to much time getting all of that to work.

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