By Elisabeth Goodman The last time I attended a ‘CILIP’ conference was in the days of one of its predecessors: The Institute of Information Scientists (IIS). So it was a real treat to have the opportunity to catch-up with so many people (about 600) practicing a range of careers relating to Library and Information Management. …
The Eastern Branch of the APM held a very enjoyable evening seminar on the future of project management with Paul Major (@changemakerPM, http://paulmajor.wordpress.com) on Wednesday 7th November. I captured Paul’s main points, and the course of the discussion in a series of tweets, which I’ve reproduced here with some additional notes. Shifted from delivering transformational change …
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I’ve just finished reading Michael George’s “Lean and Six Sigma for Service”1, a very useful refresher on many of the key concepts of Lean and Six Sigma, as well as a useful perspective on the challenges and opportunities for applying the tools and methodologies in non-manufacturing environments. Learning from books like these is always helpful …
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Follow this link for my write-up of the recent NetIKX Seminar: Using social media to achieve organisational goals. Themes covered include: A shift from skepticism about, to evangelism for Social Media? Social Media can be used by Library and Information Departments for a diverse range of purposes The adoption of Social Media will be evolutionary, …
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