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Your social dynamics are hideously imbalanced

Your social dynamics are skewed

Consider this: “If you’re more extraverted, you may really have a skewed view of how extraverted other people are in general,” Feiler says. “If you’re very introverted you might actually have a pretty accurate idea.” Feiler and Kleinbaum reached this… Continue Reading

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It’s no longer “time is money.” Now time is literally the new money.

Time Is The New Money

Give people their time back, instead of just more cash, and they might lock in with you for longer. Continue Reading

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How long will this “gut feel” vs. “use analytics” debate go on?

Value of People Analytics

This is a super-long, but super-interesting discussion between two UPenn professors (Adam Grant and Cade Massey) on the rise of people analytics, how teams can work effectively, and how we should be hiring, amongst other topics. A video is also… Continue Reading

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How about work-life balance as a strategic advantage?

Work Life Balance As A Strategic Advantage

Let’s start with some honesty: if you really want to ever achieve “work-life balance,” you need to come up with a new term for it. Re-brand that shit! Here’s the essential problem: Rank-and-file employees hear that and think “That’s an… Continue Reading

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Craft a vision. Talk about your vision. Listen to others about your vision?

Listen to Others at Work

Just had to go walk 4.3 miles to pick up my car — semi-rough evening last night with the wife — and in the process, I walked through a 5K (making me feel like a total wreck), walked through a… Continue Reading

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Key to business success: Consider the OODA Loop

OODA Loops And Business Success

The idea of OODA Loop stands for: Observe Orient Decide Act As a basic concept, the idea is “move quickly on decisions.” Phrased in a BS corporate way, you need to “be nimble.”

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Take some time and learn what different people at your job do

Different Responsibilities At Work

It constantly amazes me that people often don’t know what anyone they work with actually does. Continue Reading

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The era of “customer-first” is going to be terrible for employees

Customer-First Is Bad For Employees

Stop and think about this for a second: there are some strong “thought leadership” brands out there in different verticals. Even though businesses tend to make decisions based on market forces or economics or finance, you still see leaders and… Continue Reading