In a recent survey of 9,908 information workers in 32 countries, it was found that close to half of employees said social tools help increase their productivity. Furthermore, close to one-third said they would spend their own money to buy social tools for work. The survey found that many organisations underestimated the value of social

Are Social Tools important within the workplace?

If you weren’t already aware, Kanban is a Japanese scheduling system for lean and just-in-time production. By taking a Kanban approach it means that demand is “pulled” through a production system based on the actual demand of customers. It is a relatively simple yet highly effective method. It works by having 3 (or more) “bins”,

CRM + Kanban = Zurmo

All good things must come to an end even if it means leaving behind the lovely e-Advantage HQ.  Yes it’s time for me to sadly say goodbye to everyone and this great experience I have had as Marketing Executive for e-Advantage Solutions. When I first started back in March I was an eager Business Student

Time to say goodbye

As a nation we love to complain. We complain about the weather when it’s raining and we complain when it’s too hot. We moan about traffic jams and queues, we moan when there’s too much choice and then we complain when there’s not enough. We truly are a bunch of miserable souls. But here we

Proof that we should be optimistic about the future

Democracy is something we often take for granted, particularly in this country. We assume that we are free to do whatever we like whenever we like and no one can dictate to us what to do and how to live our lives. How very wrong are we? Has anyone ever considered that our work lives

Democratic work places are the future of successful business

Since its announcement a few days ago and its rather disappointing showcase in Los Angeles, the Microsoft Surface Tablet has been causing quite a stir among the technology crowd. It is common business sense not to enter into a crowded market which the tablet market is fast becoming.  But to do this and openly compete

Microsoft finally Surface with a tablet for Windows users