People Analytics

One of the overlooked element of a Workplace is its People (Users as we refer to them) , we put our energies on improving the tools to make users more productive and bring efficiency . But with the advent of Wearables will the focus be on real arbiter at the Workplace “THE USER”.  Will industry Use wearable sensors and digital data to deliver people analytics?

What it is and does?

Ø  Turbo-charged company ID badge (microphones, Bluetooth, infrared) to track all sorts of data points about employees to find what its most effective employees do differently

Ø  You collect the data , do some magic and provide analysis, which an organization uses to bring in change

Interesting case study at Bank of America Call Center - http://bit.ly/1LhY251

Ø  So what did they found at BoA? “People who spend all their time talking to 5 other people at the company completed calls in half the time as people in the least cohesive groups. It was a straight-line relationship, very powerful” – Enable groups , Give people breaks together. Find social levers

Ø  Result 23 % improved productivity, time taken to finish the call. Turnover went down by 28%

Go on read the report and you will find another interesting relation between size of lunch table and job satisfaction J .

http://www.humanyze.com/ - Spinoff of the MIT Media Lab

Windows 10 Continuum a Case for getting rid of that Laptop

Continuum experience that switches the phone into PC mode.

-  Use the phone as a track-pad to control the cursor on the connected screen
-  Gesture to move an app from the phone screen to the big screen and back (reminds of Minority Report :) )
- Universal Apps will provide better exp.  as those are screen aware
- Continuum for Phones uses Miracast for wireless connectivity
- Would have a Docking station dock that lets you plug in a monitor and use wire / Bluetooth for USB keyboard and mouse

Most of the users who today carries a Smart Phone and a Laptop. This once ready for Prime time will throw in interesting use cases, which will allow people to get rid of that laptop they tug along .
Computing / Memory power of Phones are increasing by day with Continuum available at least some of the enterprise users who depend on apps for there work will not need a second device. Along with that a VDI made available via phone and projected on a big screen will take away the challenge of using desktop on a Small screen . 

Windows 10 - N And KN Versions

Around since Windows XP. If you know your system has either Windows N or KN installed, it is important that you download the relevant version of Windows 10. Upgrade paths must follow the previous version, e.g. Windows 7 Pro N upgrades to Windows 10 Pro N

The N version of Windows comes without a media player baked into the system. This version stems from a European Commission order back in 2004, which fined Microsoft €497 million for anti-competitive practices.

The KN version stems from an antitrust ruling in South Korea. This version removes Windows' media playing capabilities. At the time, it also removed the now-defunct Windows Messenger. The December 2005 ruling by the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) also fined Microsoft $34 million.

Microsoft released the Media feature pack for Windows 10 N and Windows 10 KN editions recently. It can be used to add the missing components and applications to Windows 10 to restore the functionality when installed, it will turn the N or KN version into a regular version of Windows 10.


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