Karen Schneider published an interesting post yesterday under the pithy title The Devil Needs No Advocate. Other than the title, it’s a post that I mostly agree with and it got me thinking about where it’s useful to play the role of critic or devil’s advocate and where it’s not. So far, it’s been unsuccessful. MORE >>

There seems to be another consulting industry on the rise, consulting on business uses of Twitter. Well, Twitter has provided its own business guide. As reported in thenextweb , the new version of business.twitter.com provides Twitter success stores, ideas, tips, tools and resources.  I would agree. Sounds good. FASTforward'09 MORE >>

Since early December there has been a lot of controversy about an article published in Science about bacteria using arsenic in their DNA. number of people pointed out that this was a useful case to use for an information literacy article. Pennisis, E. 2010) "Exclusive Interview: Discoverer of Arsenic Bacteria, in the Eye of the Storm." MORE >>

Related: Predictions 2010. 2009 Predictions. 2009 How I Did. 2008 Predictions. 2008 How I Did. 2007 Predictions. 2007 How I Did 2006 Predictions 2006 How I Did 2005 Predictions 2005 How I Did 2004 Predictions. 2004 How I Did. Well, it's that time of year again, time to see how well, or poorly, I did predicting events in the past year. Score: Push. MORE >>

Based on a recommendation, I decided to pick up Daryl Conner's Managing at the Speed of Change (2nd edition published in 2006 - original from 1992). While it is yet another book I've read on change management this year, its focus is more on the underpinnings of why changes work (or fail), based on his research and experiences. Resilience. page 13). MORE >>