Most organisations have an Acceptable Use Policy, IT Security Policy, Data Protection Guidelines etc. in order to provide a framework around specific areas of concern. These may also link to an organisations’ disciplinary policies.
Should these organisations also have an Employee Data Agreement? What could this cover and how should it be enforced?
We are all aware of the importance of timing in telling a good joke, but timing is also crucial in a business context.
If you get the timing wrong you can waste effort and potentially damage your reputation.
Now that the main holiday season is upon us, we are all likely to encounter the usual issues of staff being unavailable or covering for others. Apart from the usual issues around delegation, covering phones etc. this period can pose risks to data integrity…
I recently attended and presented at the PLM10 conference in Bremen. One of the other attendees, Professor Chris McMahon of Bath University, suggested that affordance was an additional quality attribute that should be considered when assessing data quality.
I had not heard of this term before, so have done a little research to find out more.
This is the third and final part of a three part blog post providing guidance on how to create and deliver an effective presentation. Part 1 provided guidance on how to develop your content. Part 2 gave tips on how to deliver your presentation.
This final part in the series considers how to handle questions and how to prepare for what might go wrong.
I’ve just spent a few days away at a conference where there was a huge variety of presentation styles and effectiveness of presentations, some good and some much less so. This has prompted me to write this three part post to remind people of some of the secrets of a good presentation.
We recently hosted two US students visiting the UK on the “People to People” programme. Our children’s school plays host to the “Homestay” section of the programme. The US students stay with a UK family with kids of around the same age, go to school with them and generally experience everyday life in the UK.
One of the fascinating thing as a parent is observing how the US and UK kids discover and then overcome their cultural differences. Our school uniform always causes comment, especially the blazer. The US kids get asked to say words like “awesome” and we normally are amused about our garden being called a backyard.
Observing this made me think of the differences I see in culture between teams when I’m facilitating.
There have been pages of newspaper coverage and hours of debate devoted recently to England’s poor performance at the World Cup in South Africa. This has prompted a timely post from guest blogger Rhys Jones of Teamfactor which is also relevant to many business situations: (more…)
