Somehow I have got myself involved in a few special events over the next few weeks :o 1. Inspecht HR Futures Conference this Thursday in Melbourne. I’ve put together a presentation to showcase some of the work IBMers are doing…
The challenge for a Smarter Planet
I was just reading James Governor’s interesting post on Monkchips (Redmonk) about a Smarter Planet; an initiative IBM has been sharing recently about working together to address important global healthcare, energy, and economic problems, amongst others (full disclosure – I …
Notes from Physical and Virtual Learning spaces
Yesterday I attended the IBM/Melbourne Uni Virtual and Physical Learning Spaces public forum, which was also broadcast live in Secondlife. During Professor William (Bill) J. Mitchell’s keynote speech, he discussed the Stata student street project – a purpose built public…
Events, Enablement and Informal Learning
Coming up on the 18th of November, Melbourne Uni and IBM will be hosting a public forum to discuss the project Virtual and Physical Spaces as Places for Informal Learning . It was great to be invited to participate in…
Collaborating on informal learning spaces
You may have seen me mention some rewarding projects I have been able to contribute to since becoming more involved in social media. Here’s one example – a working party on virtual and physical spaces for informal learning with Melbourne…
What makes a company great?
What makes a company respected, special or important? Any ideas? If you’re up for a challenge – please answer the following three questions this week. I’ll be relaying the most informative answers back to IBM’s global marketing and communications group,…
Collaboration Guidelines
Two of my blogging colleagues Andy Piper and George Faulkner recently pointed out that IBM’s social computing guidelines have been published and now Sun’s guidelines on public discourse has been updated. Give people access. Create a great company culture. Guide…
Transforming Design
A short while back, a colleague in the US blogged (on the intranet) about an innovative product design that needed particular feedback, so I spent a few moments replying. I thought this issue deserved some more publicity and input, so…
Greater IBM
I made my guest author debut on the Greater IBM Connection blog today (an IBM alumni program blog) It’s an odd tale about Enterprise 2.0 and the ritual of the birthday cake. You can read it here.
Informal Learning
I’m excited about the changes happening in the learning area. You may have read that Brandon Hall announced new categories late last year, for their excellence in learning awards including: Best Use of Blogs, Wikis, or Other Content-Sharing Tools for…