Sharing Best Practices

10 Dimensions of A Creative Climate 0
- Culture, Sharing Best Practices
- November 19, 2014
A change of culture occurs when people start behaving differently as a result of a change in the climate of the organization. Altering a company’s workplace environment is the most direct way to develop and manage employees’ creativity. Improving the organizational climate for creativity and innovation can effectively promote problem solving in a company and
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The Eight Most Common Traits of Successful People 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- November 3, 2014
Why do people succeed? Is it because they’re smart, or are they just lucky? Analyst RichardSt. John condenses 7 years of research and 500 interviews into 8 common traits of successful people. After analyzing everything he’d learned, he came up with these eight traits: Passion: Love what you do. Work: Really hard. Focus: On one
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Lean Lessons from Elementary School 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- October 6, 2014
This past week I had the opportunity to attend an open house at my kid’s elementary school. I am not sure how many of you have elementary age kids but I have 2 lovely kids that age (and 1 in middle school). Every time I visit their classrooms I notice all the visuals. They use
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A Call For Shorter Meetings 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- September 15, 2014
No one likes long meetings or too many meetings for that matter. Meeting efficiency is a frequent topic on this and many other sites. Recently in an article on LinkedIn Fast Company explored the 18 minute meeting. It doesn’t take a scientist to know that you cannot inspire people if you put them to sleep. But
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Celebrating 300 Single Point Lessons!0
- Sharing Best Practices
- September 8, 2014
My friends at Fuss & O’Neil are celebrating a milestone, their 300th Single Point Lesson. John Kravontka and team have been sharing an accumulation of best practices learned by other manufacturers over the course of many years. I am happy that they are letting me share this with you. Below is an excerpt from John Kravontka
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Listening is Not the Same as Hearing 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- July 16, 2014
Hearing and Listening, though synonymous, are completely different things. Hearing refers to the sounds that you hear, whereas listening requires more than that: it requires focus. Listening means paying attention not only to the story, but how it is told, the use of language and voice, and how the other person uses his or her
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