There's no such thing as the right question, of course, but some enquiries contribute more to moving things on than others. It's worth thinking about... What's your intention when you ask a question …
Do you need the big roll-out?
It’s striking how some organizations think first of the scale required to roll something new out to the workforce at large—a daunting and expensive undertaking. And yet often the same effect can be …
The trouble with profiling
Well, one of the troubles with profiling... In forming teams, it's a good idea to bring together complementary skills and personality types. Diversity brings performance, though it may not be …
The trouble with “gaming” the system
The meeting starts in the late afternoon—to prepare for the big one the following day. The purpose is to “spin” the numbers to get the outcome we want in the meeting tomorrow; to construct an argument …
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Switching off dates on blog posts – good idea or bad idea?
It's seems a clever idea - switching off the date stamp on your blog posts. That way you can tweet about them later and readers won't realize they're not new. Well, most of them won't... The audience …
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How readily do you laugh at yourself?
(Occasioned by a certain politician failing to see the funny side of the routine humor dispensed on its cover by a well-known current affairs magazine.) What do we do when someone attempts a joke at …
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