It’s annual enrollment time, and companies — even mine — are looking for ways to encourage employees to participate in a corporate wellness program that promotes a healthy lifestyle, as it can ultimately mean reduced benefits costs for a company (e.g., smoking cessation, weight management). However, in these budget-conscious times, cost effective tactics are essential. If there was ever time that social media could be leveraged within corporate culture, a social network to drive wellness participation is almost certainly a no brainer — easy to implement, cost effective, with potential for much higher participation than traditional wellness programs.
Imagine my delight when I came across this timely article on using social networking to build participation. See below. Read the full post >>
Today we’re going to compare the websites of two monumental companies:
Apple and Microsoft.
The two giants pride themselves for producing cutting edge consumer and business products, and are leading the developments in software and hardware.
But what about their websites? How do they both compare, and more important, which one is better and more usable?
Well, in this article we’ll take a look at both websites for closer examination from a usability point of view.
One important thing to note before we proceed to compare these two websites is that each company’s business revolves around different markets.
Microsoft primarily makes its profits from business to business, which mainly consists of selling licenses to its operating system to computer manufacturers and office suites for enterprises. Read the full post >>
About a year ago, I attended a global kick-off for a large project that I was helping to lead and it was a rare opportunity to meet colleagues from all over the US as well as the UK. I freaking LOVED it and it truly was like a reunion as we got to finally see the each other in person.
I mean, you always know it’s a real person on the phone or in IM, but being able to visualize them as you throw darts is much more gratifying.
Anytime you work in a large, global company, one of the biggest challenges is how to create an inclusive work environment where your employees feel like they are connected not only to the company itself, but with colleagues whom they will most likely never met face-to-face, yet work with on a daily basis. Read the full post >>
