There are a a set of work-related trends that seem to sketch a scenario that could mean the end of of the office. recent Gallup study found that 71 percent of US workers are “not engaged” or are “actively disengaged” in their work. And the proportion of disengaged seems to be rising. Connecting The Dots. What’s Missing? The Second Place. MORE >>

Sameer Patel recently wrote a useful post, Marketing your Marketing , on the shallow nature of enticing people to like you on social media with coupons or other giveaways. could not agree more with his thoughts and suggest that you read his original. Then the marketing department wastes their time following up with the 700, including me. MORE >>

Norda Majekodunmi of York University, Canada , recently announced on the ili-l discussion list that ahe and her colleague Kent Murnaghan had a series of videos, based on student interviews, which are about academic literacies. The videos are: 1. University Life 2. Learning Skills 3. Doing Research 4. Choosing Sources 5. Google/Internet 6. MORE >>

You can only act strategically, day in, day out, if you know your company's strategy. Here are five things that happen when you really do know it. you know when to say 'no.'. you get better support from your colleagues--they are trying to achieve the same things. you can wing it with confidence--the strategy is your safety net. Strategic clarity MORE >>

It takes hard work to create simplicity: unless IT security is allowed to move with the rapidly changing times to enable greater efficiencies, outmoded and sometimes irrelevant rules will hamstring enterprises. Relevant, informed governance is mission critical for effective collaboration… MORE >>