We must use inventions, solutions and technologies
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2024 3:51 am
Unfortunately, we still often see that the digital workplace is seen as a finite project. During the expert session of Sogeti and Nexthink, we saw that continuous improvement takes place if the digital workplace is not seen as a finite project. By measuring not only the hard side, but also the soft side (such as employee satisfaction), you can continuously work on improving the digital workplace.
Saskia Nijs also inspired us with the idea of not determining measurable objectives from above, but by bringing together IT and HRM.
The day was concluded with Rick Pastoor, the author of the book Grip, who shared a concrete interpretation of how we can be in control of technology ourselves. He explained how his method ensures that he can get the most out of his day. He gave concrete examples of how you can use your head as 'working memory and not as a hard drive'. He uses technology to connect to this method, such as the right agenda and to - do lists to function as a hard drive.
Sigh. I get up from my now worn-out spot at the kitchen table for the umpteenth time to make coffee. 'You know what: treat yourself to a cappuccino,' I think. Even though it's the fifth of the day. I sit down and get up again after three minutes to check the laundry. After half an hour and a vacuuming session, I take my place behind my germany telegram data screen again. I curl my legs around the legs of the chair to try to tie myself to my home office. Come on, bring on those ideas! My only physical colleague, the cat, walks lazily over and lies down on my keyboard in a grumpy mood. Letters and numbers dance on my screen, but in my head it is deathly quiet. Radio silence.
The stimuli I need to be creative have disappeared with the second wave.
As a creative, my head goes in all directions, which until recently provided ideas. Not always good, often far too ambitious, but always accompanied by a positive vibe that only gave me more energy and ideas. That energy was contagious. For me, but it also ensured that the people around me became enthusiastic.
Businesswise this meant more success, privately this resulted in new impulses in existing and new relationships and friendships. But that vibe? It has ebbed away due to the second (tidal) wave. The 60 square meters that I currently live in is shrinking by the day, and those walls are getting closer. No energy, the thought 'here we go again' & the 'what am I actually doing it for' question show themselves a bit too often.
Saskia Nijs also inspired us with the idea of not determining measurable objectives from above, but by bringing together IT and HRM.
The day was concluded with Rick Pastoor, the author of the book Grip, who shared a concrete interpretation of how we can be in control of technology ourselves. He explained how his method ensures that he can get the most out of his day. He gave concrete examples of how you can use your head as 'working memory and not as a hard drive'. He uses technology to connect to this method, such as the right agenda and to - do lists to function as a hard drive.
Sigh. I get up from my now worn-out spot at the kitchen table for the umpteenth time to make coffee. 'You know what: treat yourself to a cappuccino,' I think. Even though it's the fifth of the day. I sit down and get up again after three minutes to check the laundry. After half an hour and a vacuuming session, I take my place behind my germany telegram data screen again. I curl my legs around the legs of the chair to try to tie myself to my home office. Come on, bring on those ideas! My only physical colleague, the cat, walks lazily over and lies down on my keyboard in a grumpy mood. Letters and numbers dance on my screen, but in my head it is deathly quiet. Radio silence.
The stimuli I need to be creative have disappeared with the second wave.
As a creative, my head goes in all directions, which until recently provided ideas. Not always good, often far too ambitious, but always accompanied by a positive vibe that only gave me more energy and ideas. That energy was contagious. For me, but it also ensured that the people around me became enthusiastic.
Businesswise this meant more success, privately this resulted in new impulses in existing and new relationships and friendships. But that vibe? It has ebbed away due to the second (tidal) wave. The 60 square meters that I currently live in is shrinking by the day, and those walls are getting closer. No energy, the thought 'here we go again' & the 'what am I actually doing it for' question show themselves a bit too often.