I watched the very cute movie “Charlotte’s Web” last night with the family. I was awed by the technical aspects of the film combining live animals, puppets (there’s probably a better term), and virtually generated animals. But two lines of the film jumped out at me and have a direct impact on our communications. Today you [...]
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I love the hope a New Year brings. I hate the realization that it seldom comes to pass. I’ve spent the better part of the last quarter thinking about what I want to accomplish in 2010. In a discussion the other day, I asked bluntly, “What is a manager’s job?“ I had some ideas already, and none [...] In two words: They Change We tend to be myopic in our views of our future. We often cannot imagine the opportunities before us. Therefore we aim for our best guess at the future, and it is almost never right. Just ask a 4-year-old, or an 8-year-old, or an 18-year-old, or a 30-year-old what they want to [...] I often have students — usually experienced ones — who take issue with a point I might make or a methodology I prescribe. Since I’m in the business of changing behavior, by very definition I am trying to get folks to do things differently. Some folks apparently don’t like different. It’s at those moments where the status quo [...] “I love almost everything about X. X is wonderful. Reminds me of the dreams when I started out in life. X is just the culmination of all that is good. But I just can’t overlook the fact that X is Y. That is unacceptable.“ Does that statement alarm you? Seems innocuous enough. We’re unable to overlook something [...] Just got off the phone with my friend Jeff. We have about a weekly discussion about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to presentations. The theme was present at my lunch, as well. My meeting with a sales guy discussed why folks don’t do things that make them stand out (in [...] The end of the year is always a busy time. In addition to the obvious Christmas and New Years celebrations, travel, and requisite events, we have two birthdays (my son’s and mine) to celebrate, kids tracked out of school, and now supposed inclement weather (although in NC, when it’s forecast, you can usually count on it [...] Dark blinds that keep the early sun out of my bedroom on a day I can sleep in. |
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