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WIRED FOR LIKES?
Try This!
By TARA THIAGARAJAN
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MANY organisations big and small have jumped on the
bandwagon of investing time and resources into mobile
technologies. We thought that we might revisit this topic;
looking at it from the organisation’s point of view, and also
from the point of view of the masses who are avid users,
connecting for an ever-increasing number of reasons.
Taking an in-depth look, Peter Smith addresses digital
engagement – to find, listen and mobilise a community
around an issue – and how critical it is for leaders to embrace
the change and be part of its execution.
And while we may sometimes hide behind the wall of bits
and bytes to send a message that is hard to say in person –
like “I’m Sorry” – Roshan Thiran reminds us of the power of
saying sorry in Part 2 of his highly popular article.
In Brain Bulletin, Terry Small informs us that there really
is a name for smartphone addiction – nomophobia – the
pitfalls of letting it go unchecked, and some helpful hints
on how we can extricate ourselves from the temptation to
tippy-tap on our phones all day and night!
Yet to Google this (on my phone, no less!) whether there is
also a word for “Facebook addiction”? Michael Poh poses the
question: “Is Facebook at the workplace a boon or bane?” He
addresses how, for example, a blanket ban of Facebook may
miss the point of its benefits for employee engagement.
What is Wallpaper Talent? Did you immediately think of
the wallpaper on your laptop, tablet or phone? Well, Elisa
Dass speaks of three different types of talent – the Diva,
Wallpaper and Taxing Talent – how, as leaders, we might
identify them, understand their underlying reasons for
behaving a certain way, and manage them appropriately.
Still on the topic of better understanding our talent,
Stephanie Ling shares how we can spot hidden gems in our
organisation, as well as preserve and nurture them.
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>> Pushbullet
Available on iOS, Android, Chrome
and Firefox, this free app can sync
with your computer and display your
phone’s notifications on your computer screen.
It also allows you to send files
between your devices so everything
can be made instantly available on
your phone in case your laptop dies
right before an important meeting.
Need an app that can make organising pictures for presentations easy?
Then, Dropbox’s Carousel is the perfect one for your phone!
This application, which is available
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IN this day and age, smartphones can
be seen as an extension of our lives
that can help us get organised.
Of course, with an almost infinite
variety of smartphones out there, it
makes sense for there to also be an
extensive range of applications.
With such a seemingly endless
array of apps, it can be difficult to pick
out the ones that best suit our needs
and can help us organise ourselves in
the best possible way.
These three apps are not only
acclaimed by its mass amount of
users, but they are also free and available for both Android and iOS users.
>> Carousel
Nina Ti takes a walk down the literary path of the
unknown, or at least the unfamiliar – the industry jargon
that we often hear but may not have understood when they
were first coined.
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Top 3 Apps That Help
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>> Evernote
With its user-friendly interface,
Evernote is an application that
can help you store a lot of valuable information at the touch of a
screen.
This app can be used for taking
notes during an important meeting. Your notes will then be saved
in your Evernote account, which
can be accessed through your
tablet, smartphone, and even your
laptop or desktop computer.
Not only can you take and save
notes efficiently with this app, you
can also add audio notes and photos that can help make your notes
more detailed.
Conclusion
With free apps like these on the
market, there really is no excuse
for us to be disorganised and forgetful at work. We are constantly
connected to these apps through
our smartphones.
Therefore, we should take
advantage of this by utilising the
best apps out there that can help
us manage our lives.
The opinions expressed in this career guide are those of the writers or
the people they quoted and not necessarily those of Leaderonomics.
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“Social and digital media is a bullet train, and that
bullet train is not coming home.” – Howard Schultz
03
“The digital world offers us many advantages, but
if we yield to that world too completely we may
lose the privacy we need to develop a self. Activities
that require time and careful attention, like serious
reading, are at risk; we read less and skim more as
the Internet occupies more of our lives.”
– David Mikics
04
“Social media is an amazing tool, but it’s really the
face-to-face interaction that makes a long-term
impact.” – Felicia Day
05
“Social media is the ultimate equalizer. It gives a
voice and a platform to anyone willing to engage.”
– Amy Jo Martin
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Contributing editors
Prema JAYABALAN
NINA TI
LIM LAY HSUAN
for both iOS and Android phones,
can automatically organise photos
and videos in compressed galleries,
which makes it easier to quickly
put a presentation together.
Shankar
Mohd Khairul
Muhd Hafeez
RAzziah
“In an age of constant live connections, the central
question of self-examination is drifting from ‘Who
are you?’ towards ‘What are you doing?’”
– Tom Chatfield
Writers & Contributors
TARA THIAGARAJAN
PETER SMITH
TERRY SMALL
CHONG KEAT LIM
MILLIE ONG
ANDREW LAU
MICHAEL POH
ELISA DASS AVIN
STEPHANIE LING
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