I just finished reading the book “Rework”, which is a nice little gem of short (1 to 2 page) thoughts and ideas about how to conduct business (geared more to small business and owner/operated businesses than the Fortune 500 type). One of the ... [Continue Reading]
Company policy as “scar tissue” (from REWORK)
I just finished digesting Fried and Hansson's book "Rework", published in 2010. Fried and Hansson are the founders of 37Signals, and their book is a nice little gem of short (1 to 2 page) thoughts and ideas about how to conduct business (more geared ... [Continue Reading]
Externalities, plastic bags, and the “power of habit”
The following is an extract from my recently published book "Through the Detox Prism", (pages 61, 62) where we explored some examples of how one might set about to change some of our corporate habits. I have pulled it out here (and done some slight ... [Continue Reading]
Do you have a Succession Plan?
You may well think this post doesn't really apply to you -- after all, aren't Succession Plans those things big companies have that lay out how they should develop their key internal people? Or they are those formal plans that business owners have ... [Continue Reading]
The psychology of change
Several months ago I was lucky enough to stumble across a great blog which I started to subscribe to. PSYBLOG (written by researcher Jeremy Dean studying in the UK) is chock full of interesting studies and findings about how we really work. In ... [Continue Reading]
The sorry state of work-place productivity
In my daily trolling through the internet, I came across this interesting infographic examining the reasons contributing to poor workplace productivity. I think you'll find it interesting to scroll through (shown in its entirety below), and it hits ... [Continue Reading]
Re-inventing yourself
I came across this article today about how to re-invent oneself; the article touches on a lot of things and for the curious reader has a lot of content that provides an opportunity to ponder things. There is lots here, and one key thought for me is ... [Continue Reading]
Technical sales: an engineer’s view of the sales call
D, a friend of mine that I attended engineering school with (sometime last century), surprised me the other day by admitting that he had seen my recent blog post about engineers and technical career paths. Here's what he went on to share with ... [Continue Reading]
Fueling the illusion of choice
I came across this great chart in one of the many email newsletters I subscribe to -- I think it does a wonderful job of showing how we as consumers in many markets really face only the "illusion" of choice in our day to day shopping routines. This ... [Continue Reading]
Everyone needs heroes. Ray Anderson is one of mine.
I first came across Ray Anderson in the 2003 documentary "The Corporation". After having spent 25 years in business and just recently "hung out my shingle" as a free agent, sitting through "The Corporation" in early 2004 delivered my epiphany. In a ... [Continue Reading]
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