Bertrand Duperrin's Notepad

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" The most successful companies are those that think jointly technological change, work design and the changes in internal social relationships.” Antoine Riboud.
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Entries Tagged as 'flows'

Is multitasking dangerous or a myth ?

January 23rd, 2009 · View Comments · Communication, Information / knowledge management, Organization & Management, social computing

Multitasking is a big issue for both people and organization. It’s the (presumed and made essential) ability for someone to do many things at the same time. The social media phenomenon and the increasing number of information flows people are exposed to are making this concern more and more central.
I’m afraid that, behing th multitasking [...]

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I’m more productive when I get rid of the tools I use

December 22nd, 2008 · View Comments · IT, Information / knowledge management, Intranets & collaborative tools, Organization & Management

After a long reflection I realized that the tools I use were the cause of a high level improductivity. And that the others gives me incredible services.
Try to pay attention to this in the upcomming days. Try to take some distance on your own experience, listen to your colleagues, you friends, and I’m sure you’ll [...]

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What management has to learn from the Airbus vs. Boeing competition

August 8th, 2008 · View Comments · Communication, Information / knowledge management, Organization & Management, information, knowledge-economy

Remember, it was a long long time ago, that, in the times we are living, means something like ten years. At this time Airbus was wondering how to compete with Boeing on the big carriersmarket and was working on what would become the A380. On its side, Boeing was not thinking about replacing its mythic [...]

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