Do you really need a LinkedIn profile to function effectively in the public sector? Julian Bajkowski provides frank answers and tips that count. Every day across Australia, public services respond to broadly similar issues yet seemingly struggle to share their experiences and knowledge across borders or agencies. Whichever way you look at it, there’s a […]
Author Archives: Liz Pommer
Why consumers say ‘no’ to clear cola, but ‘yes’ to green coffee
Why do some new products succeed and others spectacularly fail? It all has to do with consumer psychology – the same type of behavioural insight we can apply to public policy and organisational change. People may baulk at the idea of vitamin-enriched coffee or clear Pepsi because of their familiarity with these products – they […]
What We Got Wrong About Self-Management
People thrive with some certainty and structure – as the crew at buffer.com discovered. When Buffer first moved to a self-management model, we moved to a completely flat structure. We just let loose and the message was “everyone go figure out what you want to do and work on, without too much guidance or leadership.” We talked […]
Human-centered design made easy
Dave Thomsen wrote for wired about why human-centred design matters, but the more interesting part of the article is how to make it easy to do. Read on… Ask the right questions If you’re struggling to generate ideas or stuck in a product rut, you’re probably asking the wrong questions. For example, at IDEO […]
Waking up early doesn’t make your morning routine great but there are 5 things that do
Starting the day well sets the tone for the whole day. This nice, simple list by Jordan Scheltgen will get you started. 3:45 a.m. That’s when the alarm sounds for Apple CEO Tim Cook. And Cook isn’t alone either, many other successful CEOs have boasted similar stories of waking up early. The old adage the early […]