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A hybrid meeting

A hybrid meeting

Team work and collaboration
By Anne McLear March 4, 2022 Off

Jacqui McLaw is joining the meeting from home; all others are in the room. Things did not go well

Quality-wise

Quality-wise

Critical knowledge
By Anne McLear February 28, 2022 Off

Mark McGood is worried because some procedures which are part of Cablinc’s ISO 9001:2015 certification have failed

Giving them a voice and listening

Giving them a voice and listening

Employee engagement Internal communication
By Anne McLear February 25, 2022 Off

Workers knew there was a problem with the machine but managers did not

Waste of time

Waste of time

Internal communication Team work and collaboration
By Anne McLear February 24, 2022 Off

Jon Wright did not go look for information on the intranet and ended up wasting a huge amount of time redoing work

Changes are afoot

Changes are afoot

Team work and collaboration
By Anne McLear February 23, 2022 Off

Steve McGreasy is having a hard time with the changes imposed by his team’s move to Sam McCable’s

Bring in the old gun

Bring in the old gun

Critical knowledge
By Anne McLear February 22, 2022 Off

Steve McGreasy asks a retired factory worker to come to the factory and fix the broken machine

All cogs break loose

All cogs break loose

Internal communication
By Anne McLear February 21, 2022 Off

This morning, one of the factory machines stopped working – something wrong with a cog, it seems. If we don’t… Continue reading

Playing it safe

Playing it safe

Critical knowledge
By Anne McLear February 18, 2022 Off

Jacqui McLaw needs information about work and incidents. Mark Good has to understand if anything failed with the agreed procedures

The fire

The fire

Critical knowledge Internal communication
By Anne McLear February 17, 2022 Off

An electric panel catches fire at a client site two weeks after being inspected by a Cablinc engineer

Tricky projects

Tricky projects

Critical knowledge Team work and collaboration
By Anne McLear February 16, 2022 Off

The junior engineers have regular gatherings online or in the cafeteria to discuss tricky projects and overcome the lack of access to the more senior colleagues

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About me

Anne McLear

My name is Anne McLear.

I'm Head of Marketing & Internal Communications at Cablinc.

I'm 45 years old. I'm married and I'm the proud mum of a 9-year-old son, Jamie.

This is my personal blog. Views are my own.

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A hybrid meeting

A hybrid meeting

March 4, 2022 Off
Quality-wise

Quality-wise

February 28, 2022 Off
Giving them a voice and listening

Giving them a voice and listening

February 25, 2022 Off
Waste of time

Waste of time

February 24, 2022 Off

Anne McLear and all the characters and events at Cablinc are a fictional creation of Ana Neves of Knowman.
They are the backdrop to the Social Now conference.