There’s something to be said for leaving a former employer with style. We’re in the middle of a time when more than a few employers are having to downsize and plenty of people who would otherwise be assured of a job are getting the axe. Just because a former employer may have directed you to the door, however, you can still walk out with your pride intact. The same… » Continue
October 7 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: career, network, resignation | 5 comments»
“Been there, done that” has become synonymous with boredom or lack of challenge for some people. For others it is a mini retirement statement. We think it can represent a great place to look for new opportunities.
Maybe you or someone you know has made money in one area then gone on to try something a new area and ended up with lousy results. A bit like Michael Jordan once… » Continue
October 7 2008 | By Tatsuya | Tagged: learning, past, Productivity, reflection, repretition, success | 1 comment»
If you’ve been looking for an absolutely easy way to collaborate with a group, I’d recommend trying out Wiggio. The application just came into public beta today and it’s one of the easiest-to-use collaboration tools I’ve run across. If you’ve ever had to work with group members unfamiliar with tools beyond email, Wiggio can provide an easy solution for group collaboration. It’s not too bad for more advanced… » Continue
September 16 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: application, collaboration, wiggio | 6 comments»
It looks like much of the gold that was brought to China for this year’s Olympics will remain there after the games’ end. Michael Phelps’ legendary 8 gold medals for the US team helped the Americans bring up their count but not nearly enough to keep them in the top spot for winning gold since the fall of the Soviet empire. Even if you discount a few from China for… » Continue
August 29 2008 | By Tatsuya | Tagged: china, goal, leadership, olympics, planning, preparation, Productivity, strength, teamwork | 13 comments»
I love weekends. Why? I can wake up and just spend a few minutes lying awake without the need to do anything. No need to rush to work, or to speak to anyone. Just lying there with eyes wide open and nothing in mind. I realized then that those are some of the calmest moment in my life.
It has always been a personal mission for me to be calm in… » Continue
August 14 2008 | By Mohamad Zaki | Tagged: calmness, development, life, relaxation | 11 comments»
Whammo! You didn’t see that coming, did you?
Why is it that, despite all our planning, we sometimes get caught by surprise, totally unprepared, with our pants down as it were? I mean, we’re smart folks, right? How come sometimes we just don’t see stuff coming?
The answer is, much of the time, that we don’t see everything clearly because we don’t see a lot of things at all. We process the… » Continue
August 13 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: filter, gender, interaction, people, perception, race | 5 comments»
Nobody likes meetings. Well, not “nobody” – that older guy with the beard that nobody seems to know personally that comes to every meeting? He likes meetings, because he gets a free donut and a nap. But other than him, most people see meetings as way too unproductive and time-consuming to be likable. Necessary, sometimes, but not likable.
There are a lot of reasons why meetings can waste more time than… » Continue
August 6 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: brainstorming, collaboration, im, meeting, software, web-app | 19 comments»
Some of us take on second jobs to make ends meet. Some do it for a chance to do the work they actually enjoy. And some of us create our own second jobs to build a business or create our own projects. No matter what the reason, though, juggling more than one job is guaranteed to be a crash course in time management. If you’re not careful, the word… » Continue
August 5 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: career, second job, time-management | 14 comments»
Layoffs. Downsizing. Transitions. It’s a scary time to be out in the job market. If you’re hunting for a job, you’ve probably been handing out resumes like crazy. The problem is that, when you really look at a resume, every single one is the same. They’re all on the same size of paper, easily shuffled into a stack, just the way human resource managers like them.
There’s just not a… » Continue
July 29 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: career, job, portfolio | 15 comments»
It’s awful to hang around an office where everyone knows that job cuts are coming. There’s a sense that everyone’s just waiting for the shoe to drop. No one in the office wants to lose their job and go through the horrors of the job hunt. At the same time, though, no one wants to be the guy left at the end — the guy now doing the work… » Continue
July 17 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: downsizing, job hunt | 7 comments»
Do you have a trophy room? This is a place where you keep your various trophies, certificates, award plaques, autographed trinkets and other things that remind you of past accomplishments. This could be a fireplace mantle, space on a bookshelf, a downstairs room or a building depending on what you have been up to. If you have one of these, be careful to avoid getting stuck in the past. They… » Continue
July 16 2008 | By Tatsuya | Tagged: development, growth, motivation, past, Productivity | 4 comments»
Who doesn’t like free stuff? And if we’re talking about stuff that will actually help you out in the long run, it’s hard to find a reason to turn it down. Free books, for example, are more than worth their price, especially if they are good reference materials. But sometimes it can be hard to find free books — it’s not necessarily something that’s advertised.
There are plenty of… » Continue
July 15 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: book, reference | 8 comments»
Change is the biggest constant in today’s business world. Even charities and educational organizations are finding that they need to constantly innovate not only to compete for donation dollars, clients, and members, but to remain relevant to the changing social landscape around them as well.
But people hate change. Right? The management literature is loaded with tales of corporate innovation gone awry – product launches flubbed, reorganizations that caused productivity to… » Continue
July 14 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: change, corporation, innovation, leadership, organization | 15 comments»
Which job should you take? What car should you buy? Should you ask him to marry you? Are you ready for another baby? Is this house right for you, or should you keep looking before you make an offer?
Life is full of hard choices, and the bigger they are and the more options we have, the harder they get.
As it happens, our brains are fairly binary. They can react very… » Continue
July 9 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: brain, choice, decision, decision-making, mind, strategy | 15 comments»
Every time that we approach a problem, in any walk of life, we bring to bear assumptions that limit our ability to conceive fresh solutions. Innovators are always aware of assumptions and are always happy to confront them.
There is a story told about a northern pike, a large carnivorous freshwater fish. A pike was put into an aquarium, which had a glass partition dividing it. In the other half from… » Continue
July 9 2008 | By Paul | Tagged: assumption, business, challenge, creativity, innovation, innovator, lateral, leader, thinking | 3 comments»
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