Two recent analyses of workforce issues—completely separate from each other—suggest an important linkage. One study, by Celerant Consulting (PDF) of Lexington, Mass., finds that an enormous amount of work time—typically…
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Once upon a time, many years ago, I was in charge of employee communications at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md. My job was to try to…
The economy may be improving—inching upward degree by painful degree—but employee moods aren’t following the trend. Perhaps you’ve noticed that people seem anxious and distracted, either hiding out in their…
The cost of poor company knowledge management is high and getting higher. On the other hand, organizations that embrace effective knowledge management processes have a competitive advantage. Effective knowledge management…
Every office has one (or two, or more). You know the types. Those toxic coworkers who only look out for Number One, no matter what the cost to their coworkers…
Tax incentives and other federal aid helped the U.S. wind industry increase new installed capacity to a record 9,922 megawatts in 2009, but the boom did not extend to the…
The United States is failing to produce the trained and educated workforce needed for the demands of the future of electricity generation and transmission, according to a study last fall…
“Cloud” computing has become the latest buzz in the information technology (IT) world. What does it mean? Is it real? Not easy questions to answer at this point. There’s a…
Little things mean a lot. That’s the message from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to Akron, Ohio–based First Energy Nuclear Operating Co. (FENOC) concerning consistent niggling operating problems at…
Just 25 years ago business basically stopped at 5:00 p.m. The receptionist went home and the office phones were turned off. If your need was urgent, you may have left…