Linked – What does productivity mean? Bosses aren’t really sure

Linked – What does productivity mean? Bosses aren’t really sure

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 2 minutes

I sense there are a lot of managers in those industries who have it confused. I also think it might be a good idea to ask a boss what productivity measurement they use when making claims about how much more productive we’d all be in the office. If they can’t make a clear case showing the gains in output, it’s possible they do not understand how to measure productivity and have always been using placeholders like time in the office.

That’s not good management.

I’m not sure why it’s news that employees after layoffs aren’t engaged, but it is.

I’m not sure why it’s news that employees after layoffs aren’t engaged, but it is.

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

This is true at Microsoft and it’s true at every other company that has made similar moves. I have no idea why anyone would think cutting jobs and forgoing raises would not have this kind of impact on employee morale, but I suspect there were a lot of C-Suite folks who did, or maybe they knew and just didn’t care.

Shared Links (weekly) June 25, 2023

Shared Links (weekly) June 25, 2023

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

Notes or No Notes During an Interview?

Notes or No Notes During an Interview?

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 2 minutes

Maybe instead of telling interviewees that they should be doing immense company research, and practicing their questions and responses so that they don’t ever have to refer to notes we should be calling out interviewers who do exactly zero prep work before an interview. Instead of making excuses about how busy hiring managers are and how we can’t possibly expect them to do any research into a candidate when they are interviewing so many, we should consider how many interviews the candidate is doing and how many companies they are researching. If the hiring manager can have my resume and any notes in front of him during the entire interview, why can’t I have notes too?

But Where Was the Data Going?

But Where Was the Data Going?

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 2 minutes

This is a good time for all of us to reconsider how we share data, who we share it with, and the process of cleaning up after data has been transferred. MoveIT is not the only data transfer service, they’re just the one who got breached this month. Next month it could be the one we use. Take steps now to limit the damage that could be done.

Learning Legal Tech – The Struggle for Attorneys
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Learning Legal Tech – The Struggle for Attorneys

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 3 minutes

Imagine a day when technologists, lawyers, and vendors could have easy conversations about eDiscovery because they all have a deep understanding of the technology and tools involved. We don’t see it often, and that causes some real problems as we see from some of the cases we all read about. Maybe someday.