Articles by Fred Nickols

A "skullworks" is a place where work requires people to use their brains instead of their brawn.  It is a place where work is knowledge-based and people are knowledge workers.  Knowledge work entails both applying and creating knowledge.  Tangible knowledge work products include research reports, articles, whitepapers, the dreaded consultant's report, the equally dreaded PowerPoint presentation, theoretical expositions, not-so-theoretical recommendations for action and common workplace artifacts such as memos and e-mails.  Even the "thinking out of the box" logo above (created for me by my son, Matthew, a graphic artist) is a tangible product of knowledge work.  My consulting practice - Distance Consulting LLC - is a skullworks and this section of my web site contains many of its products, mainly articles that I have written and published over the years.  It also includes a few papers by others.  So, welcome to my "skullworks."  Feel free to poke around and look for work products of interest to you and relevant to your needs and requirements.

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Publications, Permissions & Reprint Fees

Permission to use the materials on this site for non-commercial training and educational purposes is regularly granted.  For commercial use, the reprint fees are quite modest.  If there is an article on this site that you would like to reprint or make use of for training and educational purposes, send me an e-mail at nickols@att.net stating the volumes you want to reproduce and a brief description of your intended use for them and you'll receive a prompt response.

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This page was last updated on November 19, 2009