If you’re American, you probably classify yourself as a workaholic, or think “the work never ends” (because you often answer your e-mail on weekends or at nights). This is admittedly all a small part of “The Busy Trap,” which in turn… Continue Reading
Want to be a better manager? Focus on these four core concepts. Continue Reading
Even 20 years ago, everyone opened their workday by checking VMs. Now that’s a relic. Could that happen with e-mail? Continue Reading
For a lot of people, the words “synthesis” and “analysis” might be synonyms in a work context. In fact, they technically mean different things. Synthesis is the process of building information up, and analysis is the process of breaking information down. You can… Continue Reading
I want to write a bunch on this blog in 2015 about the notion of setting priorities, because I think it’s one of the most interesting aspects of human existence (sorry to oversell that), especially as it gets ramped up… Continue Reading
As year-end reviews go, anything LinkedIn does has the potential to be fairly interesting: after all, they have 350 million profiles with information about people’s professional backgrounds, skill sets, experiences, and connections. (And despite that, they probably haven’t made recruiting that much… Continue Reading
Back in February, I wrote a post about how men were actually working from home and taking care of kids more than women in some contexts. I’m always dubious of these studies because, while I want to believe them, I also… Continue Reading
We already know that 89 billion business e-mails are sent in a given day (that figure is probably higher for 2014), no one even remotely contextualizes their e-mail (so that everyone assumes everything has to be responded to immediately), e-mail… Continue Reading