Saturday, July 31st, 2010
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23852426-why-morning-people-rule-the-world.do "Yet the research continues to mount, arguing that evening people have qualities which should be nurtured. They tend to be more creative, intelligent, humorous and extroverted. They are the balance to morning people, who are said to be more optimistic, proactive and conscientious." We all have our perfect time ...
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Collaboration tools do not need to be complex, costly, or fully integrated into the organizations other business tools to provide value.
The value of Collaborative technologies often cannot be quantified.
The “mom test” should be applied to collaboration technologies.
David Coleman of Collaborative Strategies defines the mom test as: “…tool needs to be ...
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009
Retaining mature workers key to holding off job shortages
As I was reading this article (linked above) it struck me that the issues and tactics outlined to retaining mature workers really are the same that are needed to retain less mature (mature = older, less mature = younger).
The five steps outlined ...
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
I was thinking about a behaviour I've encountered over the years. That behaviour is something I have come to call Ballistic Jelly (gelatin) Management.
Ballistic Jelly Management happens when a layer of management (I won't use the term leadership for obvious reasons) charged with translating vision into action fails to make ...
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