Podcasts and dashboards - you can’t ignore them
It’s obvious that technology in the workplace is hot. Business Week draws attention to the subject online via this podcast which discusses the origins of podcasting and the role it plays in the world.
Talking of which, their February 13th print edition covers digital dashboards and how they’re being adopted by enterprises across the country. Titled “Giving The Boss The Big Picture” the article covers why dashboards are hot, how they’re designed and what benefits they provide to enterprises. According to Forrester Research, 40% of the 2000 largest companies in America use the technology and CEOs like Steve Balmer at Microsoft and Ivan G. Seidenberg at Verizon Communications to Robert L. Nardelli at Home Depot are hooked to it. The author also covers the challenges that need to be overcome when changing a company to be more dashboard oriented.
We believe dashboards are a vital business tool to track the real time health of a company. Not only do CEOs need dashboards but also their direct reports and their own direct reports in turn. Choosing the appropriate technology and designing the dashboard can be challenging to say the least. Our advice - tie it into your intranet. Dashboards shouldn’t be about just numbers but need to truly track all facets of your organization.
