Posted in Collaboration, Technology on November 15th, 2009 No Comments »
Some fun thought experiments combining few EconPapers:
Aral, Brynjolfsson & Van Alstyne found out that “asynchronous information seeking such as email and database use promotes multitasking while synchronous information seeking over the phone shows a negative correlation.” Add to that the conclusions of the paper by Nick Bloom from LSE that shows that “technologies that reduce […]
Posted in Collaboration, Technology on November 12th, 2009 No Comments »
In the last post I asked a (rhetorical) question about case studies for social computing software. I had a quick look around to answer my own question, and in fact I found quite a few of them. Most case studies are from knowledge-heavy industries/functions, but you can get a decent view on which functions you […]
Posted in Collaboration, Reading, Technology on November 8th, 2009 No Comments »
I need to re-learn to write shorter and more frequent posts, so here comes a shorter piece, while I am working on the continuation of my post on Lean.
I spent two years working for a extremely cost-sensitive customer, followed by a year in business development, so I am now rather sensitised to the whole cost/value […]