I just wrapped up a fantastic project for a global company focused on, in my own words, product innovation for humanity. Their mission doesn’t say anything close to that. As I sat through a full day of presentation rehearsals, I balanced my time between really listening to each speaker’s story, and carefully analyzing the cinematic […]
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Weekly or bi-monthly stories and tips for surviving your work week. We like to find the humor in our irony, and hope you do, too.
Why Speed Matters
Many of us have experienced the importance of efficiency and speed in the workplace. We can blame technology for most (or all) of it. Email replaced phone calls and fax machines. It literally changed the expectation of communications to working around the clock. versus time zone specific. Here’s an argument for how speed is destroying […]
The Modern Mentor
Frank and I were recently talking about the lack of mentors in the average work place. I was ranting about how busy we all are, so of course it’s hard to help other employees along when two factors are preventing most folks from doing this: 1. The new entitled generations stir the pot, a lot, […]
4-Day Work Week
Last year I made a predication about transforming the work week. Today I just read two articles about 4-day work weeks and flexibility at work. These days, I am discovering this growing excitement and passion about helping employers create passionate places to work, filled with purpose. Imagine that, every day you go to work, you are […]
Company or Self
A friend of mine asked me yesterday if someone we both know has left their current employer. I quickly went to their linked in page to see if their status had changed. It was strange to find that the company they worked for wasn’t listed at all. So I reached to see if he was […]
Embracing Discomfort
Fear, uncertainty, and discomfort are your compasses toward growth. Joseph Cambell
International Women’s Day
Today I am reflecting on my life and the lives of my daughters – what our lives are like today and what they will be like tomorrow. Today, March 8 is the 106th International Women’s Day, a day celebrating women’s achievements around the world. There are some reasons to celebrate. And yet, women and […]
The Straight and Narrow
By Agent N1 on March 3, 2015 in Fireside Chats, Riffs & Ideas, Tip of the Day, Weekly Survival, Work Life Balance
Sometimes, the way forward is clear. Sometimes it is not. The only advice I can give is to follow your compass. This means following your own values, even if it means you have to rewrite the script or define new rules for your tribe or wait for a different path to show its way. Have […]
The Negation of Why
By Agent N1 on February 10, 2015 in Fireside Chats, Riffs & Ideas, Tip of the Day, Unplugged Letters, Weekly Survival, Work Life Balance
There’s a lot of hype these days about the need for a purpose, that to achieve we have to have a why. And it’s true. Having a mission does give us motivation. Knowing the why helps us inspire our teams. Developing a purpose provides the roadmap. I recently read a passage, however, in a novel: […]
Dirty Little Secret to Getting Ahead
As someone who meets all types of people, from different shapes and sizes to different values and sets of standards, there is one secret that is not universally understood. I call it a dirty little secret to get ahead. It entails “who you know” being “cunning”, and perhaps an air of “entitlement”. And it’s simple. […]
