Sharing Best Practices

No MAS – How to Save the World (or at Least Yourself) From Bad Meetings 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- November 24, 2014
Every day, we allow our coworkers, who are otherwise very, very nice people, to steal from us. I’m talking about time. Your time. In fact, I believe that we are in the middle of a global epidemic of a terrible new illness known as MAS: Mindless Accept Syndrome. The primary symptom of Mindless Accept Syndrome
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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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