I certainly struggle with attempts to go paperless. I am getting better. Slowly. But there is a case for paper.
Feel free to cite this the next time someone calls you a luddite. http://www.smh.com.au/small-business/insurance/blogs/work-in-progress/shredded-the-paperless-office-20130607-2ntgz.htmlOne study published in the Computer User academic journal found people are 30 per cent more likely to remember information when it’s printed or written down.
I was happy to be followed by @bilsel on Twitter, the creator of a new document collaboration tool, Clinked. It is designed to encourage collaboratio and comments and very importantly -- sign off. I have worked in places that rely on seperate change logs for document edits. Its a punishing and clumsy workflow. This tool seems to solve that problem at least. One to experiment with in the near future.
Another tool for performance management focused on providing feedback in real time.
From the product page:
Interactions on Rypple are designed to amplify what great business leaders have always done:
- provide one-on-one coaching to help people achieve their goals
- ensure public recognition for great work, whenever it happens
- encourage real-time, continuous feedback
The software product is also being complemented by interesting content efforts like this extensive webinar series. Nice marketing and holistic product approach.
Found via http://gigaom.com/collaboration/are-annual-performance-reviews-passe/.
I came across this tool via a set of very interesting comments on performance evaluation over at Bob Sutton's blog.
Must find out more about what view the employee gets of their profile and what dialogue this encourages between employee and manager.