Comments on: Workplace 2.0: An Early Warning for Nigerian Corporations* http://www.gbengasesan.com/blog/?p=177 'Gbenga Sesan lets out the words... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:05:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Global Voices Online » Nigeria: Two Heroic Nigerian Cops; Borderless Office http://www.gbengasesan.com/blog/?p=177&cpage=1#comment-42428 Global Voices Online » Nigeria: Two Heroic Nigerian Cops; Borderless Office Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:44:30 +0000 http://www.gbengasesan.com/blog/?p=177#comment-42428 [...] Looking at business and technology in Nigeria, Oro blogs writes, “Workplace 2.0: An Early Warning for Nigerian Corporations.” He starts by highlighting how technology has re-defined the way we write, and the boundaries (if any) of today’s office. Computers, mobile phones, in-flight eMail access, teleconferencing, blackberry, iPhones and other tools of the New Economy have changed the dynamics of the workplace. From our earlier factors of production (especially land and labour), we have moved on to new factors as represented by knowledge and technology. It is not unlikely to hear of regular Monday morning reports sent in a few minutes into the day, using a mobile device from remote locations. Neither is it strange to overhear conversations – a few seats away from your 22A window seat – such as, “I’m on my way to Mumbai but the CFO will send you the signed document in less than 7 minutes; I have just signed and returned the document to him.” Five years ago, if you had seen your colleague – through those glass walls that used to separate office spaces – jumping up and down after a few minutes of pacing and speaking with himself (and playing with a stress ball), you would have called the manager’s attention to a possible stress-related mental situation. But today, you would understand that he’s sealing the deal with the four-continents-away corporation, with the aid of his Bluetooth-enabled hands-free headset. Share This [...] [...] Looking at business and technology in Nigeria, Oro blogs writes, “Workplace 2.0: An Early Warning for Nigerian Corporations.” He starts by highlighting how technology has re-defined the way we write, and the boundaries (if any) of today’s office. Computers, mobile phones, in-flight eMail access, teleconferencing, blackberry, iPhones and other tools of the New Economy have changed the dynamics of the workplace. From our earlier factors of production (especially land and labour), we have moved on to new factors as represented by knowledge and technology. It is not unlikely to hear of regular Monday morning reports sent in a few minutes into the day, using a mobile device from remote locations. Neither is it strange to overhear conversations – a few seats away from your 22A window seat – such as, “I’m on my way to Mumbai but the CFO will send you the signed document in less than 7 minutes; I have just signed and returned the document to him.” Five years ago, if you had seen your colleague – through those glass walls that used to separate office spaces – jumping up and down after a few minutes of pacing and speaking with himself (and playing with a stress ball), you would have called the manager’s attention to a possible stress-related mental situation. But today, you would understand that he’s sealing the deal with the four-continents-away corporation, with the aid of his Bluetooth-enabled hands-free headset. Share This [...]

]]> By: Oluniyi David Ajao http://www.gbengasesan.com/blog/?p=177&cpage=1#comment-42120 Oluniyi David Ajao Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:01:02 +0000 http://www.gbengasesan.com/blog/?p=177#comment-42120 You're right. I felt sorry for myself the last time I tried to write extensively on paper. My handwriting has deteriorated badly, over the years. Most writings today are straight from my brain to the keyboard. Don't blame me. :) You’re right. I felt sorry for myself the last time I tried to write extensively on paper. My handwriting has deteriorated badly, over the years. Most writings today are straight from my brain to the keyboard. Don’t blame me. :)

]]> By: Timothy Ogene http://www.gbengasesan.com/blog/?p=177&cpage=1#comment-40529 Timothy Ogene Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:25:44 +0000 http://www.gbengasesan.com/blog/?p=177#comment-40529 The 20th and 21st Century have changed the world of work.Business is no longer business as usual.The concept of time and space are redefined.Any employer or organization that employs "old school" management traditions and those not develop systems to overtake change, will disappear like the dinosaurs. I will advice young people to read Alvin Toflers's "FUTURE SHOCK" and Bill Gate's "Business@ the Speed of Thought" The 20th and 21st Century have changed the world of work.Business is no longer business as usual.The concept of time and space are redefined.Any employer or organization that employs “old school” management traditions and those not develop systems to overtake change, will disappear like the dinosaurs.

I will advice young people to read Alvin Toflers’s “FUTURE SHOCK” and Bill Gate’s “Business@ the Speed of Thought”

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