There’s A Different Way To Work

January 3, 2011

At the beginning of this new year, I was reminded of this classic commercial… Why was I reminded of this?  It has always spoken to me.  It may have spoken to you.  Do you hear what I hear? “Keep doing what you are doing.”  “Your future lies in the hands of others.”  “Your path is [...]

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Are You So Bold? It is Time For a Culture Change and it Starts With You

December 21, 2010

Are You So Bold? Are you so bold that you would openly have a conversation about a project’s faults? Are you so bold that you would ask a question of anyone – everyone – and thus show your ignorance and that (heaven forbid) you don’t know all the answers (even when you maybe ought to)? [...]

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Enterprise 2.0 & “Social Business” is a Means to an End

November 23, 2010

There is some debate as to whether “Enterprise 2.0″ is a grandfather, if “Social Business” is taking its place or if they are both dying on the vine or as vibrant as can be. There is also talk of a new Open Leadership, of how business is really a social activity.  Andrew McAfee perfectly points [...]

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Why Checklists Often Increase Failure

November 22, 2010

Checklists are often crutches and can lead to failure. Sharepoint.  Do they have social components?  Yes.  Do they live it?  No. Dieting. Do you do it? Yes. But do you live it?  No. Parenting.  Do you do it? Yes. But do you live it?  No. Checklists allow us to say, “I did it.  I don’t [...]

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Weekly Video Roundup: Complexity, Simplicity and Cow Tipping

November 19, 2010

I LOVE taking the complex, the chaotic and that which inspires confusion and distilling it into simplicity, making it really easy for us to understand.  There are two functions in that, I believe, make information and concepts simple: 1) the information itself.  2) the presentation of the information.  We could take a really simple explanation [...]

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I Am Cursed! So Much To Do, So Much To See…

November 18, 2010

I am cursed. It is true.  It is because my family is singing Christmas music before Thanksgiving? (No. But that is a good point.) It is because I have SO MANY THING I WANT TO DO but I can’t do them all – I just don’t have the time!  I come up with all these [...]

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Weekly Video Roundup: Brain Hacking and Cats

November 11, 2010

Sad.  No real posts in between video round ups.  I have been very busy (which is a GREAT thing) and have have thought about a number of posts that I want to write, but did not get to them.  Hoping next week will be better.  But, until then, here is the latest edition of the [...]

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Weekly Video Roundup: What We Learn From Games

November 5, 2010

“We can learn some pretty amazing things” from video games, says Tom Chatfield.  I fully agree – and this is what I have learned from video games: They can fully engage our minds, bodies and emotions. They can teach us wonderful things about ourselves, others and the world around us. We can accomplish some amazing [...]

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5 Characteristics of “Real Work”

November 3, 2010

This is how most people characterize “real work” by their actions: Catching up on email. Attend meetings (whether they are productive or not). Positioning your project/proposal so it will have the most amount of visibility with the least amount of political backlash. Writing reports (many of which are only given a cursory glance). Doing what you hate [...]

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Weekly Video Roundup – Euan Semple and Herding Cats

October 29, 2010

So many good oneliners in this one!  Makes you really think… COWBOYS HERDING CATS

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