I was having dinner with friends and the conversation veered in many directions. Not sure how we got on the topic but I was relating following story. Between my career in broadcasting and my current career, there was a period…
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Pigeon-proof Productivity
Tagged with: Ease, failure, feedback, health, learning, mental ecology, productivity, resistance, self management
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Posted in personal productivity
Create New Spaces for your Work
Today I am talking about virtual spaces rather than physical spaces. Did you know that the Mac OS and Windows both have ‘virtual desktops’. These let you customize the desktop for different users on the computer (e.g. which folders are…
Tagged with: de-clutter, Mac Hacks, productivity, projects, virtual desktop
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Posted in personal productivity
Joy Restoration
I think my new mission is Joy Restoration. We’ve all had Joy. I would even posit that it is our original state. We may have had it removed through the careful application of social ‘normalization’, religious indoctrination and enforced maturation.…
Tagged with: Ease, focus, goals, health, inspiration, Joy, limiting beliefs, mental ecology, Practice, productivity, Purpose, self management, wellness
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Posted in personal productivity, Quotes
Measurement is Management
This topic goes back to my very first blog entry on Productive Practice and it is sill one of the most important lessons I continue to work with and practice. Measurement is management. The first step to change is measuring. …
Tagged with: action, feedback, goals, health, inspiration, measurement, productivity, self management
Posted in personal productivity, Wellness
Posted in personal productivity, Wellness
We need a runway for take-off and landing
I was on my yoga mat, in class, recently and had the following image; the mat is like a little runway. The practice we engage in, any practice, is both a jumping off spot and a place we land. It…
Tagged with: alignment, approach, Ease, goals, inspiration, Practice, Preparation, productivity, runway, self management, Yoga, yoga mat
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3D Competence: Domain Knowledge v Core Competencies
As we develop ourselves and our professional skills there are those that are 100% portable and those that may or may not move with us as we move through our careers. I spent ten years in the training and development…
Tagged with: flexibility, focus, leadership, learning, Practice, productivity, self management
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Posted in personal productivity
Rebranding Ourselves
Think of some of the brands of which you are most aware. If I showed you this logo and asked you for a word or two, what would you say? Search. Innovation. Technology. If I showed you this one? Quality.…
Tagged with: branding, goals, productivity, self management, teamwork
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Posted in personal productivity
Collectivism v Individualism in work teams Part II
Monday I identified the following four issues with our current approach to team building and productivity in the workplace. Our systems of evaluation and compensation are all skewed toward individual performance rather than team performance. Our management structures tend to…
Tagged with: appraisal, leadership, performance, productivity, team chemistry, teamwork
Posted in Leadership, personal productivity
Posted in Leadership, personal productivity
What I did on my summer vacation: Brazil, Boston, Beards
Is there a beneficial collectivism that supports and maintains the individual while enhancing the chances for attaining success en toto? Really, that’s your first sentence after two weeks vacation? I have spent the last two weeks with my wife’s family…
Tagged with: collectivism, Family, human interdependence, leadership, Practice, productivity, projects, Purpose, semi precious gems, team chemistry, teams, teamwork
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Posted in Leadership, personal productivity
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