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Michael Sampson

On Being Productive

Edward Deming said that around 94% of possible improvements belong to the system, which was the responsibility of management. While it strikes me as a very precise number, Deming was all about precision and careful measurement, so I’ll give him some latitude in his analysis. Even if he […]

Re-Imagining Effective Work

I presented the opening keynote last week in Sydney at the Intranets 2015 conference. My talk was on Re-Imagining Effective Work (slides above). The presentation advocates the need for thinking beyond the immediate impacts of new technology on work practices, to the deeper and more long running impacts […]

Intranets 2015 in Sydney

Last week I was in Sydney for the fifth annual Intranets conference, hosted by Step Two. With pre-conference and post-conference activities added in, it was a full week! Some comments: Big Ideas. The three keynotes focused on re-imagining effective work (that was mine), doing governance well (Sue Hanley), […]