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Business mission statements and vision statements have moved from the board room to the funny pages. We try to define what our organization is about, but is this a joke to most people? (more…)
The computer age is everywhere, but lots of us still work on paper. Would we become more productive if we did everything electronically? (more…)
You don’t have to spend long in the business world to run across personality tests. They are touted as the answer to everything. They aren’t, and in fact, they often cause more problems than they solve. (more…)
Hopefully you’re not reading this from behind the wheel of your car, but chances are you have logged some serious dashboard time yet today. The commute is to blame for countless problems in our society. We have to fix it. (more…)
Does your office have that cool factor? Casual Friday? Fridge full of beers? A baskeball hoop? Some people might like these perks. But often, they have the opposite effect of what’s intended. (more…)
There are many terms used in business, but “overtime” is one of my all-time favorites. It’s because it doesn’t really mean what we think it means, and because it tells us a great deal about the culture of the modern workplace. (more…)
You’re losing perhaps two or more weeks a year in productivity, and it has nothing to do with technology, coworkers, the commute, illness, or other common issues. The problem is money stress. (more…)
In the world of business software development, there is a big problem. It may be the biggest problem of all, and we’re not doing a very good job of it. (more…)
When it comes to hiring speakers for your company, remember the words of Mark Twain: “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” (more…)
There’s one way to keep your work-life balance in check that surpasses all others in simplicity. This technique is a series of words, but it has profound implications. (more…)
Although Internet-based services has taken over many aspects of business, Microsoft Office continues to be the primary experience for hundreds of millions of computer users around the world. And Office 2016 is about to help those people be staggeringly more productive. (more…)
Too many managers spend too much of their time making sure that people are working. And like many other mindless tasks, this one too is being automated. (more…)
Companies these days are supposed to have vision statements. We’ve got one, but what does it mean? And are vision statements even a good idea? (more…)