Constant connection and the blurring of the lines between rest and work that it sometimes causes is one of the clearest downsides to the otherwise pretty awesome phenomenon of remote and flexible working. But can space design also play a role? How can you keep your work life from invading spaces that should be used for chilling? MORE >>

Here is a book that I recently put at the top of my business reading list thanks to a suggestion by my Merced Group partner, Catherine Shinners. She posted an excellent review, Social Business for Executives. There is more and more evidence coming out about the value of social business. In fact, it's not about the technology at all.” MORE >>

Man, what a firehose of stuff I heard on Monday. And it's already the end of Tuesday as I write this entry.) Here are some highlights, beyond the Steven Spear keynote I've already written up. David Anderson is in the midst of updating Kanban for a second revision. He talks about this on 5 Minutes to Process Improvement Success. Keep it simple. MORE >>

via youtube.com. Dion Hinchcliffe is visting Australia this week to promote his new book, Social Business by Design , co-authored with Peter Kim. This paper provides that all important Australian perspective on the trends and ideas outlines in Dion's book. UPDATE: The paper is now available to read and download from SlideShare. Permalink. MORE >>

Pardon the site-specific interruption, but as part of my ongoing quest to keep my content here on my own site, I’ve begun posting pictures of stuff here that I’d otherwise put on Instagram, Twitter or other services. Well, here they are! Many thanks to the team at Blend for helping me make this happen. Enjoy! Site Related RSS MORE >>