When HR rules trump logic, your culture collapses
“Well, if we do it for you, we’d need to do it for everyone…” Continue Reading
Process
Paradox: Our quest for credibility reduces the quality of work
Credibility is a great thing. But the quest towards it can take some warped forms at work. Continue Reading
Knowledge sharing at work: A legit differentiator
Seems like an important play if we truly live in The Knowledge Economy now, yes? Continue Reading
You don’t need to gag on work process during the holidays
Most of Cubicle Land during the holidays is a mix of hypocrisy and excess process designed to “keep people focused.” It doesn’t need to be that way. Continue Reading
The attention to detail paradox
If you’re hitting your real targets, your “attention to detail” can be sloppy as hell. But if your boss doesn’t like you, this will keep you in a box. Continue Reading
What should team development really look like?
It’s less about rushing to your next meeting and hiring consultants, and more about thinking through the process. Continue Reading
Branding strategies: Many marketers are clueless here
Stop screeching about ‘branding strategies’ in all-hands meetings when, in fact, you just want to talk about process and guidelines. They’re very different things. Continue Reading
Process improvement: End ‘process for the sake of process’
Process is supposed to make business better and more effective. If it’s not doing that — if it’s just there to be there or make people feel better — then it’s totally worthless. Continue Reading