December 2007 - Posts

• Wii: Why not use it in business?

  CHRISTMAS DINNER -- My friend Joe Little talks about 'digital natives' (born since 1985-ish) and 'digital immigrants' (the rest of us). The idea is that one set of these people will always struggle to catch up with the others - for whom this stuff comes Read More... Posted 25 December 2007 10:35 by David Ferrabee | 1 Comments

• Change & Internal Comms: What we've learned this year

  WIMBLEDON SHOPPING CENTRE -- I learned a few things this year. 1. Corn is acceptably deployed in a sandwich (with tuna, of course.) 2. Most corporate communications functions are delivering about 10% of the value they could do. 3. You can calculate the Read More... Posted 21 December 2007 09:01 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Consulting, New business, marketing, social media, Technology, selling, etc., PeoplePower, HR

• Staff retention: How to

  THE CENTRAL LINE -- I always feel slightly dirty talking about this. Like many HR terms, 'staff retention' sounds like something you'd get a pamphlet about at the doctor's office: "Do you have retention issues?!" "Are you too embarrassed to talk about Read More... Posted 13 December 2007 08:25 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Leadership, People management, Internal communications, involvement, Engagement, motivation, morale, HR

• Keeping the love alive at work

  CHRISTMAS DINNER -- "It's amazing... three or four years and we have already run out of conversation." My banker friend Brett has just sat down beside me at our annual Christmas dinner. He's one of the Masters of The Universe, and we've been having a Read More... Posted 10 December 2007 17:15 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Leadership, Change Management, involvement, Engagement, motivation, morale, HR

• Company Code of Conduct – Why bother?

  JUBILEE LINE – I have been talking about codes of conduct this week a lot. And today at lunch I had a long conversation about Mission, Vision and Values with a Russian client too. I have a similar response to both sets of corporate mantras: Why? And that's Read More... Posted 06 December 2007 15:53 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments

• Second Life-less

  I thought it might be a good idea to do a book signing on the 3D web, Second Life is a big online virtual world. I have struggled with it for a while. But with a new book to promote, I thought I would give it a try . Others, better than me , had gone Read More... Posted 04 December 2007 21:26 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments

• The performing seal of Druskininkai

  DRUSKININKAI - As I finish my speech -- How HR and Communications can help deliver business strategy -- to a crowd of 120 CEOs and HR directors, I ask for questions? A man named Zydrunas stands up: "You have told us nothing interesting, but you are funny. Read More... Posted 01 December 2007 08:25 by David Ferrabee | 2 Comments Filed under: New business, involvement, Engagement, marketing, motivation, selling, morale, HR