Despite the fact that Sweden and Norway are top of the class when it comes to digitalisation in general, the two countries are far less impressive in the case of digitalisation within the public sector. I have just written my first scientific article in Norwegian, my native language, an interesting experience in its own right. … Continue reading “Digitalisation within the public sector must be improved”
Society is engaged in a heated debate about whether we should return to offices after the pandemic. Should we go back to how things were before Covid-19? Should we continue to work from home and enjoy the benefits of greater flexibility and efficiency that many people feel this has brought? Or can we organise an … Continue reading “The digital workplace at home”
When I wrote my doctoral thesis, the data that my results were based on were stored in boxes in my office. This included interview data, research diaries, prototypes and photographs from field studies. All in a great big jumble that only I could find things in. If everything had been structured better, in a standardised … Continue reading “Data – more than the new oil”
The pandemic has probably meant most of us now understand that digital working is a clear part of professional life. We spend the majority of our working days in Zoom meetings, checking email or dealing with various types of digital support systems. For many people the physical, social and organisational work environment has perhaps become … Continue reading “Assessing our digital work environments”
In the 1990s, the word computerisation was commonly used to describe developments that were happening in the workplace. In retrospect, you could say that computerisation meant adding computers and other technology to a business in the belief that this would make it more efficient, but without affecting the business in itself. Developing a business was … Continue reading “Digitalisation is business development”
When did you last change your password? Do you use 0000 to log in to your phone or the name of your dog as your WiFi password? Do you have the same password on Netflix as your work computer? Do you struggle to remember the code when the home security alarm goes off and the … Continue reading “Security and usability must go hand in hand”
