I recently heard a rather scary story. An organisation (let’s call them the.org) needed to make some “efficiencies” to their budget. That’s a euphemism of course for doing the same […]
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Insights from practitioners in Information Management

Issue 115 – Carrots vs Sticks
Of all the desperate signs by management to promote employee “loyalty” this one has got to top the ones I’ve seen. And no I have no idea what this one […]
Read More →Issue 114 – Independent Contractors
Reminder time: And before you roll your eyes, it is very important. If you are working on contract through an employment agency (not just IEA of course) you are covered […]
Read More →Issue 113 – The next generation of leaders
No matter which HR magazine I pick up and read, no matter what the date on the cover is, they are all saying pretty much the same thing. There […]
Read More →Issue 112 – Training during times of change
Anyone who isn’t embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn’t learning enough. Alain de Botton We can all be guilty of thinking we don’t have enough time to […]
Read More →Issue 111 – Reading as therapy
With all the bad news we have been hearing about libraries closing, services and staff being cut in a bid to save the almighty dollar, I have some good news […]
Read More →Issue 110 – Document Control
As you know, the start of every new year is a good time to look at what you want to achieve during the year. It is also a good time […]
Read More →Issue 109 – Starting afresh
Apologies for the lack of news updates this year but after writing these newsletters for over 5 years I do find it a little difficult to find a topic that […]
Read More →Issue 108 – Project failures and library closures
I read with interest a message re-posted to the WAIN list (West Australian Information Network) this morning regarding the closure of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry library in […]
Read More →Issue 107 – WSH and CPD
As we mentioned in the April edition of this newsletter new work health and safety laws are on the way (assuming of course the governments don’t change in the mean […]
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