Early this morning, I was directed to a great video from a blog of a colleague in the industry that I appreciate every time he speaks up, James Mayes. Here is a link to the blog that got me thinking … Continue reading
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Author Archive: Jason Averbook
Change Management – Managers Are The Key
Posted by Jason Averbook Apr 23, 2013
Every HR/Workforce technology project for the last 20 years has had a change management aspect to it. Most of these efforts could be described with bullets like below: Training Job Aides Webinars Posters Readiness Assessments And while these are important, … Continue reading
Addiction Not Adoption? – Something To Think About As We “Reimagine” HR
Posted by Jason Averbook Apr 22, 2013
In today’s world of information glut and so many “distractions” in the online world for employees and managers, the focus of adoption may not be enough and we may need to focus on addiction. Addiction you say? OK, the cartoon … Continue reading
Does Your Organization Suffer From “Disruption Denial”?
Posted by Jason Averbook Apr 17, 2013
While reading this morning in London, I had the opportunity to run across a great article as part of the HBR Blog Network and it made me do quite a bit of thinking about how the concept of “disruption denial” … Continue reading
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader When It Comes To Today’s Technology
Posted by Jason Averbook Apr 16, 2013
VentureBeat posted a great video and discussion yesterday that we “ALL” can learn from as some of the leaders in the “new era of tech” addressed middle school students on what some new technology terms mean and best ways to … Continue reading
Great Post By James Mayes: How To Identify Your Technographic
Posted by Jason Averbook Mar 25, 2013
I had the opportunity to meet James Mayes while in London last week. Follow James on Twitter at @james_mayes. He was kind of enough to do a writeup on one of the sessions that I led while visiting. Below is … Continue reading
Papal Talent Management
Posted by Jason Averbook Mar 14, 2013
Great guest post by rock star Talent Management Consultant at Appirio/Knowledge Infusion – Jim Viscanti (@jviscanti) Imagine locking your senior leadership team in a room, taking their phones & tablets, and telling them they had to stay until all agreed … Continue reading
Stop Managing to the .01%
Posted by Jason Averbook Feb 14, 2013
It never fails and a day doesn’t go by, and yesterday was no different, without someone asking me questions dealing with risk of using technology. These questions and comments usually go something like this. What if our employees waste their … Continue reading
If you could do one thing, what would it be…
Posted by Jason Averbook Nov 29, 2012
I was inspired recently reading a New York Times interview with Jeff Weiner, the CEO of LinkedIn. For the record, I have always been a true fan of LinkedIn, the business model and what they have done to change the … Continue reading
WARNING: Beware of the “MARKETECTURE”
Posted by Jason Averbook Oct 16, 2012
During a client meeting yesterday, it hit me like a ton of bricks. We have closed one dictionary and opened a new dictionary – this new dictionary, the “cloud” dictionary might be the blurriest and fuzziest we have seen yet … Continue reading