Busywork and how to prevent it
For most people, quantity of work matters way more than quality — and that likely (has to) hurt business productivity. Continue Reading
Organizations
Look for the foolish invention ideas
What happens when “the dumb idea” becomes “the idea that buys you a third home in Hawaii?” Continue Reading
Guest Post: Why I still love Americans
Neil Patrick from the UK takes over my blog for a day. Fun times! Continue Reading
Financial metrics: Guys sound like a-holes when discussing, yes?
This post includes a fun little game to play in meetings. Continue Reading
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