Every company’s workforce
changes incrementally as the current “next” generation comes aboard. We
examined yesterday how IT may evolve in its development policies as a
result of its younger inductees. At Dovetail Software we pay attention not just to who we hire but how we recruit.
You’ll
have noticed from reading our employee blogs that our engineers
themselves are wired into the IT community in their areas of interest.
When we were looking to hire a new employee recently it made great sense to float this requirement out through the blogs as well as at the main website.
The use of blogs as a tool of employment has been frequently commented on, fairly recently by Zoli Erdos in his post, So is There a Tech Talent Shortage or Not?
We’ve written quite extensively about the knowledge within a company, and how best to gather the uncodified, tacit knowledge,
as well as how to get the right knowledge to the right person at the
right time. Luis Suarez has some thoughts about this, also with an
emphasis on blogs.
“I have always thought that people don’t do bad jobs
per se, it is just that their talent is wasted in doing something they
never wanted to do in the first place. And here is the case where
blogging can certainly help re-focus and place the emphasis on talent
where it should have been in the first place. How many times have we
been told that weblogging is all about writing on stuff you are
passionate about.” – Finding the Talent within Your Organisation
Ironically, as information starts to loosen
up within the enterprise, the other side of the coin presents as a case
for specialized coaching. Once again the perfect balance is the old
measure, not too loose and not too tight.
“Modern day workers can be motivated, their energies
can be directed and can be guided but these workers cannot be
controlled by organizational barriers. It is important to motivate the
employees to improve continuously. The knowledge workers possess
inherent urge to learn and move up both from learning and organization
perspectives. In the absence of proper direction, the learning can go
into directions which may not be useful to the organization and can
prove to be hindrances to achieve the target performances.” – Coaching in Knowledge Workplace
Knowledge transfers occur across company
lines all the time too of course, and this should be a strong area for
comprehensive governance. Especially one shouldn’t outsource intellectual property development, as CTO Thomas Gagne warns over at ITtoolbox.
Inbound
knowledge transfer is a different matter, and adds to the wealth of the
company. Dovetail Software finds increasing call for its training
expertise nowadays.
“We regularly offer two training programs designed to
provide the necessary skills for customization and integration of
Dovetail solutions. Dovetail Developer Workshops help you better
understand the architecture of our platform and applications, as well
as best practices based on years of deployment experience.” – Deepen your Knowledge
