Posted in Recent picks on Nov 30th, 2011
The 2020 workplace : how innovative companies attract, develop, and keep tomorrow’s employees today / Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd.
The 2020 Workplace,” written by Jeanne Meister and Karie Willyerd, explores the lightning-fast changes occurring in the workplace now and over the next ten years. The book forecasts what managers, leaders, and executives need to [...]
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Posted in General on Nov 5th, 2011
This is a list of the books which have impressed him recently. Of these the Wellington City Libraries hold
The master switch : the rise and fall of information empires / Tim Wu.,
I’m feeling lucky : the confessions of Google employee number 59 / Douglas Edwards.
and The consuming instinct : what juicy burgers, Ferraris, pornography, and [...]
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Posted in General on Nov 2nd, 2011
This report the 2011/2012 Towers Watson North American Talent Management and Rewards Survey is based on a survey of organizations conducted between May-June 2011 and is a collaboration between Towers Watson and Worldatwork. The ”report focuses on trends in reward and talent management programs, accompanied by our related insights to drive effective design and delivery” and [...]
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Posted in hot topics, technology on Nov 1st, 2011
From the Atlantic Council (a non partisan institution devoted to promoting transatlantic cooperation and international security) comes this October 2011 report about 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing (AM) 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing (AM) which they see as a “revolutionary emerging technology” that could transform the approaches to design and manufacturing and in doing have huge implications for the existing social, geopolitical, economic systems. [...]
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