Financial metrics: Guys sound like a-holes when discussing, yes?
This post includes a fun little game to play in meetings. Continue Reading
Management
Workplace politics and the self-interest loop
Does workplace politics lead to anger? Yes. Does anger lead to increased self-interest? Yes. Do we have a problem now? Yes. Continue Reading
Cognitive learning often has no place at work
If all you do all day is check boxes and answer the KPI bell, your thinking muscles atrophy. And then we expect those people to make the right political decisions, or want to join the right groups, or know how to structure a mortgage? Dominoes. Continue Reading
“But what’s the project objective, sir?”
Most offices are a giant priority vacuum. What now? Continue Reading
The “boys don’t cry” problem of work
If your own relationship with your dad was strained, does that make you a bad manager 30-40 years down the line? Continue Reading
Adoption of technology: Don’t whiff on this
Another area where communication and empathy would benefit us all. Continue Reading
Add “business journey” to the buzzword list
Your origin story and path forward should be notable elements of who you are, but often they’re jargon-chocked BS. What now? Continue Reading
Your list of communication skills begins here
Communication in the workplace has been a train wreck since about 2500 BCE — when jobs barely existed — and we’re still not doing it too well. Could a list save us? Continue Reading