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I’m not much of a tech gadget person, but I took notice with Apple’s iPad burst onto the scene early this year, and I can see the appeal to line up for hours to get one of the first Pads when they were dropped onto retail shelves a Saturday not long ago. The iPad looks [...]
This winter I’ve been thinking a lot about getting a hands-free phone for my car. It’s not like I’m a real “road warrior”, but there are certainly times when I would be great to be able to quickly answer a team member’s question, or listen in on a conference call when I also have to be in the car, either at the end of the day or on the way to an appointment…
Oprah caused me to really focus on the issue, with an episode a few weeks ago on distracted driving. She’s issued a challenge to make all cars a hands-free zone; something a few states and many provinces in Canada have recently legislated. Oprah’s show claims that talking on a phone is equivalent to driving drunk. They had several tests to show how dialing and texting can cause distraction with devastating consequences. You can take the distracted driving quiz yourself here.
Do you use your social media at work? Come on, I won’t tell… On the HR’s Raging Debates Forum, the question, “should you ban the use of social media in the workplace” caught my eye. After all, anyone who’s worked in a cubicle or open concept office is an expert in how to quickly toggle back and forth between eBay and their weekly spreadsheet report! Probably the most bang-on response about how organizations should respond to social media was from Peter Cappelli: Assuming the employer doesn’t ban use of the Internet on company time for personal business already, then it is impossible to ban social media. Many companies use sites like LinkedIn for recruiting, and they also check Facebook and other social media sites for potentially damaging information about candidates. So it’s hard to outlaw visiting them. |
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