Do you have a 'soulcraft'? May 30, 2009
Part memoir, part philosophical manifesto, the book makes a persuasive case that knowing how to build and fix things - from framing a house to repairing a leaky toilet - is often far more rewarding than becoming another "knowledge worker" with no practical skills. Manual competence isn't a bad way to go, either, argues Crawford, in an outsourced, over-credentialed economy where people are still willing to pay handsomely for basic services. (Boston Globe)
Global Graphics Launch of gDoc Fusion Transforms use of PDF and XPS Documents to Boost Office Productivity May 19, 2009
It provides high-performance solutions to the graphic arts/commercial print and digital print markets and for knowledge worker and professional software applications. For further information: Media Contacts: Roberto Lebron, CooperKatz for Global Graphics, (917) 595-3053. (Canada Newswire)
Layoffs leave orphaned hardware, unsecured data Mar 12, 2009
"Let's say half of those [laid off] are knowledge workers," said Forrester Research analyst Peter O'Neill. "A knowledge worker usually has a copy of Microsoft Office, so you can make a direct correlation" between unused software and laid-off workers. (InfoWorld)
Adobe: Q1 will be below revenue target Mar 5, 2009
Adobe cited weakness in its "creative and knowledge worker businesses" as the primary reason for the revenue shortfall. Seasonal strength in Japan, as well as continued success with its LiveCycle enterprise business, helped to offset some of the weakness in the quarter, the company said. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Steve Jobs "miracle" in the valley Apr 1, 2008
"That doesn't look a thing like Steve Jobs," said Dan Lyons, a 47-year-old knowledge worker. "That's the . Anybody can see that.". (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Save time at work by taking the time to read this Mar 16, 2008
Mann, who runs the Web site , has attracted a following among knowledge workers with an empowering message: your time and attention are scarce and valuable, so give them away wisely. (How to tell a knowledge worker. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
How To Take Back Your Time And Attention Jan 20, 2008
This is a particular problem for knowledge workers. (How do you identify knowledge workers ... Knowledge workers have huge amounts of freedom in how they work, they aren't micromanaged, they just have goals to achieve. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
SOA 2008: The year of the guerrilla Jan 9, 2008
0 technology for knowledge worker collaboration did not catch fire with enterprise IT in 2007, but hope is still held out for it this year ... 0 is it lacks a clear definition making it hard for enterprise IT to see where it has a value to knowledge workers, Farrell said ... 0 technology for knowledge worker collaboration did not catch fire with enterprise IT in 2007, but hope is still held out for it this year. (Search Webservices)
Collaboration Costs $588B a Year Jan 3, 2008
As much as e-mail, instant messages, blogs and their brethren technologies have helped knowledge workers better collaborate, interruptions and duplications derived from these forms of digital communication and content are overwhelming workers to the point of distraction ... "Information Overload: We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us," authored by Basex analysts Jonathan B. Spira and David M. Goldes and released Dec. 19, claims that interruptions from phone calls, e-mails and instant messages eat... (eWeek)
Kforce Professional Staffing Passes Historical Revenue Mark of $1 Billion Dec 27, 2007
Knowledge'' reflects the dual concepts of the knowledge worker, an individual who brings a wealth of professional, personal and technical skills; and the knowledge-based employing organization. Force'' symbolizes the strength of the knowledgeable team that achieves the organization's business objectives. (Primezone Releases)
Google gets ready to rumble with Microsoft Dec 17, 2007
"It's a 90-10 thing." Inside the cloud resides "almost everything you do in a company, almost everything a knowledge worker does.". Schmidt clearly believes that the arcs of technology and history are in Google's corner, no matter how hard he tries to avoid mooning the giant. (International Herald Tribune)
Encouraging thinking for a living Dec 10, 2007
Knowledge workers lawyers, doctors, consultants, designers and anyone who thinks for a living comprise just over 25 per cent of the country's workers, but provide a disproportionate value to the economy. If Canada is to compete successfully in the global economy, managers need to create and foster a work environment that encourages knowledge workers to innovate, powering the Canadian economy for the future ... In addition to valuing informal communication, conversations by the cooler, Intel also... (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Opportunities essential for drawing 'knowledge workers' Oct 31, 2007
Opportunities essential for drawing 'knowledge workers ... Opportunities essential for drawing 'knowledge workers ... "Knowledge worker" is the term applied across industries for people who create, research, develop and invent. (AZCentral -- News)
Do You Work in a Zoo? Oct 19, 2007
The Cost of Not Paying Attention: How Interruptions Impact Knowledge Worker Productivity. estimated that American businesses (BusinessWeek, 7/19/07) through workplace distractions. (BusinessWeek)
Harvard prof. envisions Enterprise 2.0 Web services Oct 13, 2007
Wikis and social networking are "concrete capabilities" that would be valuable in the enterprise for knowledge worker collaboration, he said ... 0 software needs to be very attractive and easy to use, to draw knowledge workers away from email, which is currently the networking and collaboration tool of choice ... Wikis and social networking are "concrete capabilities" that would be valuable in the enterprise for knowledge worker collaboration, he said. (Search Webservices)
Socket Mobile's PDA Revival Sep 28, 2007
But while a smartphone may often be the better choice for the typical corporate knowledge worker, 's SoMo 650 reminds us that the stand-alone PDA is still a good platform for a variety of business applications that rely on mobility -- think medical patient care, retail merchandising and inventory, or point-of-sale. Socket Mobile positions the $695 SoMo 650 as an alternative to larger and pricier industrial-style handheld computers or standard PDAs. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Exposure to the invisible cloud of energy called electrosmog is rising Sep 24, 2007
If you are an urban knowledge worker, keen to take advantage of the conveniences of information technology, your exposure to the invisible cloud of energy called the electromagnetic field - EMF, or electrosmog - may be considerably higher than that of your low-tech, old-media peers. It's 1 a.m. Is your neighbor's refrigerator behind the wall you sleep against. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Culture Clash in Office 2.0 Sep 8, 2007
Stephen Collins, CEO of acidlabs, a consultancy focused on Web applications and Web strategy, told the audience that the kind of employee he calls "knowledge worker 2.0" can't be held to traditional corporate standards of behavior. He described this type as having broad skills and using many tools. (Datamation)
Open Text: Organizations Need to Prepare Now for the Coming Retirement Wave and Major Shifts in the Workforce Aug 14, 2007
According to Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), the largest independent provider of enterprise content management (ECM) software and solutions, organizations that understand the changing world of the knowledge worker and are preparing now to collect and share information more efficiently and effectively will be in the best position to transition knowledge from retirees to younger workers and mitigate the effects of Baby Boomer retirement. For many industry sectors, organizations... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Filemaker 9 focuses on ease of use Jul 11, 2007
Our goal was 20 minutes or less for a knowledge worker to be able to setup the server from start to finish. Among the new features in Filemaker 9 is a Quick Start screen for new users; Conditional Formatting, which highlights data based on parameters the user sets; and the ability to email a link to other FileMaker users, which they can click to access your database. (MacCentral)
Journyx Announces 2007 Excellence in Project Accounting Philosophy Scholarship Winner Jun 27, 2007
"Our company is committed to eradicating cost ignorance from our knowledge worker society and leading organizations to the highest levels of profitability through innovation." About Journyx Timesheet Journyx Timesheet is a timesheet and expense management solution that enables organizations to automate management of employee time and expenses for project control, customer invoicing, and payroll processing. Journyx offers patented technological solutions -- not just generic tools -- that are... (PR Newswire)
Xerox Unveils New Document Search Software - FactSpotter Jun 23, 2007
"Today's knowledge worker has quite a task in front of them. Each and every day they search for specific data, information, or corporate knowledge in order to do their job well," said Mike Maziarka, director, InfoTrends Dynamic Content Software and Image Scanning Trends Consulting Services. "We all need tools that will make it easier to search for that 'needle' among the 'haystack' of masses of information that exist in our world today. FactSpotter meets this need because it can make searches... (IT News Online)
Adobe Tops Estimates, Outlook Weighs Jun 15, 2007
Revenue from the knowledge worker segment that includes Acrobat rose to $184. 8 million from $160. (SmartMoney)
Can Email Be Saved? May 31, 2007
For the average knowledge worker, though, things don t look so bad on the surface. The typical enterprise email inbox doesn t reflect the nature of the problem. (CIO Information Network)
'Drive-by interruptions' taking a toll on production Apr 21, 2007
Interruptions now consume 28 per cent of the average knowledge worker's day, according to New York-based research firm Basex ... "It's how these things all mesh together sometimes like an orchestra without a conductor...[and] the tools that serve as a lubricant and keep knowledge flowing, such as e-mail, the Web, and instant messaging, also act as a wrench in the works when they interrupt the knowledge worker and cause information overload.". (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Citrix Cashing In on the Virtualized Corporation Apr 11, 2007
We enable the IT team to administer from one back-end management console which kinds of desktops are delivered to which types of users based on role (knowledge worker, call center, etc. and requirements, says Hollison. (CIO Information Network)
BEA Unveils Web 2.0 for Enterprise Mar 29, 2007
The product is aimed at improving knowledge worker productivity, McDermott said. And BEA's third new enterprise Web 2. (eWeek)
Adobe raises estimate after 1st-quarter profit up 37 percent Mar 22, 2007
Knowledge worker software, which includes Acrobat and other titles used to create and read digital documents, took in $174. 8 million. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
NewsGator Partners with /n Software to Provide RSS Platform Mar 9, 2007
"RSS significantly improves knowledge worker productivity because it goes out and brings updates and new items directly to them while also helping to improve awareness of a particular topic," Berkowitz said. NewsGator hopes that this partnership will bring future developments as well as a well-rounded product offering. (eWeek)
Demand booms but skills are lacking Feb 11, 2007
To address the knowledge worker shortage, the government believes that its Joint Initiative for Priority Skills Acquisition (Jipsa) programme, with its focus on developing and recruiting priority artisan and technical skills and, in the short term, developing a graduate employment strategy and recruiting retired specialists and expert mentors, is a huge step in the right direction. To address the knowledge worker shortage, the government has discarded the old training systems and introduced a... (iAfrica.com)
The Whac-A-Mole approach to information management Feb 6, 2007
Some time ago - actually quite some time ago - the amount of information that your average knowledge worker is expected to keep track of, disappeared over the horizon into the Land of Impossible Things. An important and clever trick has evolved - and continues to evolve - to help us deal with this Impossible Thing. (ITworld -- News)
Can SAP enterprise search succeed in a crowded market? Feb 6, 2007
The search box has become a primary interface for the knowledge worker, and these companies fear that, without it, they may miss yet-unknown opportunities, according to Whit Andrews, a research vice president for Stamford, Conn ... The search box has become a primary interface for the knowledge worker, and these companies fear that, without it, they may miss yet-unknown opportunities, according to Whit Andrews, a research vice president for Stamford, Conn. (Search SAP)
Is the Enterprise Ready for its own MySpace? Jan 26, 2007
A typical knowledge worker has specific work to get done each day, and they collaborate in ways they re comfortable with over the phone, in meeting rooms, and via email. Much of the collaboration is serial in nature, but it s collaborative and the work gets done. (Datamation)
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She explained how Cool Cities came about by admitting, he government didn't prepare enough for the decline in manufacturing we are undergoing here in Michigan, and it didn't prepare for the new knowledge worker economy. Cool Cities is a way to make up for that significant slight. (Ionia Sentinel-Standard, MI)
The Art of Influencing Up Jan 10, 2007
Knowledge workers are people who know more about what they are doing than their boss does. My guess is that you, like most of my readers, are a knowledge worker ... Many knowledge workers (especially those with technical backgrounds) have years of education and experience that enable them to come up with great ideas. (BusinessWeek)
