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?

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

We have heard the term ‘natural born leader’ many times but just how effective are these leaders and how are they making the most of their resources to benefit their company? By resources I mean the people within the organisation. People are a company’s biggest resource as their capabilities, knowledge and talent can be transferred

Business leaders multiply your brain power to get a smarter business

  Even for those of us who love what we do, work can at times really suck! But why and how can we fix this? Ressler and Thompson have outlined these reasons and how we can fix them in their enlightening book ‘Why Work Sucks’. It seems that we all have the wrong beliefs about

Work doesn’t have to suck

During my academic career I have been made to read theories about motivation over and over again until the point of exhaustion.  When I heard about Daniel Pink’s book Drive  I assumed it would be another dull explanation of Herzberg’s hygiene theory. I literally couldn’t have been more wrong. Pink is a real enthusiast for

Motivation needs Drive