Future Proofing Your Best Asset

The Talent Management Programme: There is an imminent problem facing many organisations across the UK, a shadow is looming bearing a new kind of loss. A wave of retiring workers is going to hit us within the next five years. Large numbers of these retirees will be highly skilled and will hold priceless experience, information [...]

What do you get if you cross Social networking with Training?

What do you get if you cross Social networking with Training?…Ishare.***UPDATE: FULLY LIVE 1st of JUNE!*** Ishare is an exciting new training and development website for Kent and Medway. It is the first joint collaboration of its kind between all 14 councils, boroughs and districts across Kent and users will be able to search courses [...]

We’ve started to use Yammer!

Colleagues from around KCC have started to use Yammer to find out what other people are working on and get involved. www.yammer.com is a micro-blogging site, a little like Twitter, for internal staff only. When you sign up to use the site, it takes the suffix of your email address (@kent.gov.uk) to add you to [...]

Have a Happy Unconference

Can you imagine arriving to an event to find out there is no set agenda, no booked speakers, and no set aim? There is just a location, a name and a large bunch of people who are motivated by social change. The event described is an Innovation Camp and there are a few of these [...]

The Art of Stealing Fingerprints

FingerPrint TheftWouldn’t you love to be able to sign into your personal accounts with a simple swipe of your finger? Well now you can. Fingerprint powered USB sticks, Car locks and passwords will be seen in all major shops within 2009. So what’s the problem? People worry about the security. Once some one has stolen [...]

The Award Winning Pic & Mix

“Around the world, the first phase of Government use of the internet is coming to an end with public services and information largely online. We are now at the start of a new era, where Government starts to learn how to support citizens’ own ways of making, finding and re–using information online” So says Tom [...]

ABOUT: Knowledge Management

What do we mean? Knowledge management involves creating the conditions for people to make the best use of knowledge and nurture innovation. Why are we researching this? The most useful information we find is contacting someone we trust will knowthe answer or someone who does. We rarely quantify how much time andmoney this can save. [...]

ABOUT: Disruptive Technologies

What do we mean? Disruptive technologies describes how tools which transform how people usethe web/mobile create a tension whereby they are adopted very quickly byusers, disrupt ways of working, but leave organisations unable to adapt theirsystems and culture to these new technologies. Why are we researching this? As part of the Council’s Future Challenges agenda, [...]

ABOUT: 24hr Thinking

What do we mean? 24 hour thinking involves bringing together people from differentorganisations/sectors to brainstorm ideas into practical solutions over a shortperiod of time. Why are we researching this? The need to “strengthen innovation connectivity” has been highlighted the KentInnovation Strategy consultation with proposals around inviting groups tomind-map ideas on respond to key issues, facilitated [...]

ABOUT: Texting

What do we mean? Mobile technologies include all the tools and processes to enable us to usetechnology while “on the move”. Why are we researching this? We need to allow employees to be more flexible in working with their usersand partners sharing & work in real time wherever they need. We also need toenable staff [...]