$494 Ergonomic Keyboard

Retroactive inhabition could be a problem here ...

"Now this is a keyboard! Unlike conventional keyboards, whereby you have to contort your fingers into some kind of humanoid wage slave freak, the Maltron Ergonomic Keyboard ($494) promises to conform to your fingers for increased comfort and improved typing speed. It looks like shiite and it'll take you about three years to figure out how to use it, but at least you won't get RSI."   continued ...   (Via gadgetryblog)

Tame Information Overload: 10 Ways to Increase Productivity with Technology

Good rules of thumb for increasing productivity ...

"Information overload causes a lot of workplace stress – too much e-mail, voice mail, Internet connections, electronic reports, digital images, cell phones, text messages, pagers, PDA reminders, laptops, power point programs, recorders, MP3 players, bridge lines, video conferences, teleseminars and many more. How do the savvy leaders sort through the noise and capture exactly what they need to succeed?

We've always had more information than we could possibly digest. Technology has helped us overcome the traditional problem of finding the data we need, and technology can help us control and access knowledge in ways to make it meaningful.

Good leaders and managers are all knowledgeable of technology resources. They surround themselves with experts if they cannot embrace the entire scope of their assets, just as they depend on experts in finance, sales and manufacturing.

Successful leaders don't suffer information overload because they know how to manage data as well as they know how to manage any other aspect of business. It's safe to say that managers who do suffer information overload are actually a victim of "technology underload" – an inability to keep up with the tools available."   continued ...   (Via Occupational Hazards)

Mentally healthy workplaces not just a legal requirement

Ergonomics is relevant beyond the physical world ...

"Why mentally healthy workplaces should be more than just a legal requirement

One of the main reasons businesses are taking the issue of stress in the workplace seriously is because employers that are negligent are now liable under health and safety legislation. However a one-day forum being held in Auckland and Christchurch aims to unveil why a mentally healthy workplace is not only a legal requirement, but increasingly makes good business sense.

Headlining the conference, hosted by Working Well, the workplace and mental health division of the Mental Health Foundation, is renowned Australian workplace psychologist and ergonomist, David Brown.

Brown, of Pocket Ergonomist fame, cites the cost of stress as a major reason to take it seriously. Lost productivity, absenteeism and sick leave, high staff turnover and even heart disease can all be attributed to stress according to Brown."   continued ...   (Via Scoop)

The Importance of Site Supervisors to Safety

Some good strategies for ensuring implimentation of Health, Safety & Environment programs ...

"When it comes to HS&E excellence, are you ensuring a group of essential players are directly involved and are performing according to what is wanted and needed?

I'd be willing to bet that if you ask your supervisors, especially with all the organizational changes that have been rampant throughout companies today, if they have enough to do, the answer would be an unequivocal "Yes." But if their "To Do" list does not include "Health, Safety & Environmental Leader," your supervisors are not doing an adequate or complete job. Not for you, your employees, your community or your company's bottom line."   continued ...   (Via Occupational Hazards)