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clrmoney
11/27/2017 10:32:15 AM
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Vodafone in the digital world
Isn't Vodafone the company that sells cellphones etc. With them wanting to get into the digital world will be a plus for them. I think it will be something new to add on to their company which means more revenue.for them.
Ariella
11/27/2017 1:59:50 PM
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Re: Vodafone in the digital world
@clmoney the way it puts it on its site: "
We've come a long way since making the first ever mobile call in the UK on 1 January 1985.
Where we operate
We provide mobile networks in 26 countries (including joint ventures and associates) and fixed services in 17 of these. There are 49 countries where we hold no equity interest but have partnership agreements with local mobile operators for them to use our products and services and in some cases our brand.
dcawrey
11/27/2017 3:58:48 PM
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Re: ...and as We Are Focused on "Digital Transformation"....
@ms.akkineni It's the in-person interaction and collaboration aspect.
I think we're going to have a big problem if there's an entire generation that cannot work together in one room.
Ariella
11/28/2017 9:17:14 AM
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Re: ...and as We Are Focused on "Digital Transformation"....
@dcawrey but today you can collaborate very efficiently without being person thanks to all the tools we have available without even buying special equipment. You can video-call, share documents, see changes others on your team are making to files in real change, etc. But some peop;le -- particularly extroverts -- put a great premium on being in-person and seeing the person in the flesh. They also feel more motivated and energized when there are people around them -- or else they just like the company when they feel like taking a break from concentrating on work and asking people about their weekend and holiday plans and the like. I think a lot of our expectations of workplace norms come from that.
JohnBarnes
11/28/2017 3:03:25 PM
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Flexibility comes from sharing, which works against planning
There are tensions built into the process Morawski describes. If you let people be flexible enough to work in smart ways, that is going to mean allowing innovation out in the field, and people are going to come up with solutions, which they will then share with others; after a while everyone will have shared it, there will be no standard version, and the company will depend on it (this based on the experience of once tracking dozens of variants on a simple spreadsheet calculator as they spread through four large offices of a single company; never did find the person who wrote it first, but he made a mistake in the formula he used for standard deviation, and only some users found and fixed it!) You can have careful control over quality and standards, speedy innovation, and a get-the-job-done approach ... you just can't have all of them all at once all the time.
Re: ...and as We Are Focused on "Digital Transformation"....
@Ariella: Lately, I have heard more people emphasizing this idea of collaborating on-premise even if the workforce is spread around the world. It started with Yahoo whose CEO Marissa Mayer insisted that those working from home will need to come to office. Similarly, IBM which used a lot of off-site workers now wants them in the office or leave. This is so bizzare--Marissa turned out to be a terrible CEO with little to show by way of achievement. Similarly, IBM has not been the most innovative company. So where does this idea of on-premise collaboration come from?
Ariella
11/28/2017 4:11:22 PM
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Re: ...and as We Are Focused on "Digital Transformation"....
@Kishore Good point! If he proof of the pudding is in the eating, then perhaps the proof of a CEO (like a coach) shoudl be demonstrated by the successful performance of the teams they lead.
JohnBarnes
11/28/2017 9:56:09 PM
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Re: ...and as We Are Focused on "Digital Transformation"....
Ariella, Kishore,
If I recall correctly --and going out there to look it up didn't turn up anything much -- there were some studies that showed that when people work from home, they tend to solve problems and submit finished work that reflects their old tried-and-true approaches. When they meet face to face to argue/discuss, it tends to force them further off the beaten bath.
But I can't find the study that said that. Have I jogged anyone else's memory?
vnewman
11/28/2017 10:25:57 PM
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Re: ...and as We Are Focused on "Digital Transformation"....
I’ve expressed similar sentiments in other threads - I find it astounding that it is still acceptable and expected to pay people based on the passage of time. That’s essentially what you’re doing when you pigeon-hole people into a 9-5 regimine.
Re: ...and as We Are Focused on "Digital Transformation"....
@JohnBarnes: I have not come across bosses who appreciate arguments. I correct myself, some are open to it. In any case, there is nothing to stop you from having a conversation or discourse or argument using collaboration software.
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