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Category Archives: Empowerment
What Sells CEOs
David Kiron interviewed Andrew McAfee of What Sells CEOs on Social Networking in a recent MIT Sloan Management Review article. I’m always interested in what Andrew McAfee has to say, and in how best to present these ideas that make so … Continue reading
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As Long As the Work Gets Done
I’ve previously posted excerpts of my article on ROWE – Results Only Work Environment. Here’s the full article from QuintCareers.com: Imagine a world where everyone does what he or she wants to do. Wouldn’t that be a great place … Continue reading
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Jody Thompson of ROWE on Clearly Defined Results – Part 2
For my article, As Long As the Work Gets Done, to be published by Quintessential Careers in their upcoming newsletter about workplaces, I asked Jody Thompson, co-creator of the Results Only Work Environment (ROWE), some questions about how to define desired … Continue reading
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Jody Thompson of ROWE on Clearly Defined Results – Part 1
For my article, As Long As the Work Gets Done, to be published by Quintessential Careers in their upcoming newsletter about workplaces, I asked Jody Thompson, co-creator of the Results Only Work Environment (ROWE), some questions about how to define … Continue reading
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Solving tough problems
Another inspiring article today, this time shared by @nedkumar via @thoughtfarmer. In Building tolerance for ambiguity Harold Jarche quotes Adam Kahane’s Solving Tough Problems: There is not “a” problem out there that we can react to and fix. There is a … Continue reading
Posted in Change Management, Empowerment, Responsibility
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Breaking the rules
I’m reading some great articles this morning shared by thoughtful people in my network. Thank you @fbrych From The Management 2.0 Challenge: How Will YOU Reinvent Management in Your Organization? To generate new forms of knowledge, companies must think differently … Continue reading
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Say Something Stupid
I sense a theme here. Yesterday I was inspired by Kathryn Schulz’s Being Wrong. Today it’s Nilofer Merchant’s post “Say Something Stupid.” I’m using both authors to give me permission to share my own ideas. Fear of being wrong, or … Continue reading
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On Being Wrong
I just watched Kathryn Schulz: On Being Wrong, a TED talk from March 2011. It’s great for so many reasons. Not only is she an engaging speaker and storyteller, but she reminds me that wrongness is a fact of life, ordinary, … Continue reading
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T’ain’t Natural
John Stepper writes “10 Things I Believe About Work” as part of the cornerstone of his new blog. I recently heard John speak at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference and think he is well worth listening to. His 6th point states, … Continue reading
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Getting Things Done – Keeping Your Commitments
I enjoyed listening to Daniel Pink’s Office Hours yesterday with guest, David Allen. I read Allen’s book, Getting Things Done, 5 or 6 years ago and consider it an elegant system that I’ve recommended often. In the course of the … Continue reading
