Purpose. The stuff that drives Motivation.

Juni 7th, 2010 • 2 comments Work
Tags: Cool, Creativity, Motivation, Philosophy, Presentation, Truth, visual, Work, World

I have to admit I am not too much into motivation coaches. There simply are too many prophets out there. Dan Pink is one of them. But he has a clear vision of what motivation is all about. davaidavai.com definitely is no blog about motivation or working efficiency. But it revolves around a dynamic world whose companies have to find new ways to keep track of what happens outside. E.g. how people realize stuff. Pink’s presentation about the stuff that drives us is clear and intelligent (thanks to the toolblog). It takes 10 minutes to watch it. But simply do it. Eye candy is included.

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Strategy. Pinning it down on one page.

Dezember 16th, 2009 • Strategy, We like, Work
Tags: Agencies, Cool, Diagram, Ideas, Presentation, simple, Strategy, Tools, visual, Work

As I am in the process of working on a big strategy project I am looking for good ways to visualize stuff in a simple and intriguing way. Churchofthecustomer (via Bud Caddell) has come up with this nice example of a one-page-strategic-plan. I think it’s rather an internal sheet that you print out and put on the wall to keep everyone on the same page. Plus, it probably interacts well with creative briefs. I love its simplicity but as in good creative briefs – coming up with something so simple, is quite a complex task. (Full graphic here)

The social workspace. Keep on tweeting, peeps.

November 11th, 2009 • Work
Tags: Reports, Study, Tools, Trends, We like, Work, World

Okay, good news for all you guys twittering and facebooking while you work. Personal surfing/tweting/networking while at work does not mean you’re ineffective (yeah, you knew that already).

Dr Brent Coker, from the Department of Management and Marketing, says that workers who engage in ‘Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing’ (WILB) are more productive than those who don’t. “People who do surf the Internet for fun at work – within a reasonable limit of less than 20% of their total time in the office – are more productive by about 9% than those who don’t,” he says. “Firms spend millions on software to block their employees from watching videos on YouTube, using social networking sites like Facebook or shopping online under the pretense that it costs millions in lost productivity, however that’s not always the case.” (via University of Melbourne)

Plus, as an article of Harvard Business Magazin explains:

• Millennials will seek jobs that encourage the use of social media: They network 24/7 and expect the company to accommodate pervasive connectivity. As an accenture survey points out the use of various technologies such as instant messaging, text messaging, Facebook and RSS feeds is crucial to how they do their jobs. One participant said “I need to access my Facebook in order to do my job.” Has blocking Facebook today become the equivalent of denying an employee access to a phone at work 40 years ago or email 20 years ago?
• Companies that provide access to social media create a more engaged workforce. Enterprise 2.0 solutions, networking and real time interaction with customers and partners becomes more and more essential. Blocking the access to Social Media sites while leveraging such tools is a contradiction. Global cooperation tools have increased access to experts in the company, reduced the cycle time from discovery of new products to launch of new products, and increased employee engagement and satisfaction in the workplace.