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Maybe we should stop focusing on “selling product”

Stop Selling Product, Start Selling Experiences

There are a handful of things that happen every day in the business world where a logical person would look over and say, “Wait, what just happened?” One of the bigger ones, for me, is this over-focus on products and processes as… Continue Reading

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Business buzzword we should ban: “Nimble”

Stop using nimble in business

If you like this post or vaguely agree (or horribly disagree) with its ideas, feel free to share it. Share buttons are down at the bottom.    Posts that begin with stories are usually pretty good, so here’s a story:… Continue Reading

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How about a culture that celebrates the work, not just the wins?

Celebrate the Work, Not Just The Wins

If you like this post or vaguely agree (or horribly disagree) with its ideas, feel free to share it. Share buttons are down at the bottom.  The headline of this article from Kellogg School of Management might make you groan… Continue Reading

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Algorithms to pick the C-Suite, eh? No one will use this.

Using Algorithms for C-Suite Hiring

If you like this post or vaguely agree (or horribly disagree) with its ideas, feel free to share it. Share buttons are down at the bottom.  Interesting article on Harvard Business Review about hiring C-Suite’ers via an algorithm. (Algorithms are everywhere, as an aside.) Here’s… Continue Reading

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Why is it so complicated for people to understand Google’s people success?

Google's Approach To People Is Logical

Stop treating people like farm animals and you’ll do alright for yourself. Continue Reading

Most bullshit job search term ever: “Overqualified”

Overqualified Is Job Search BS

Wrote this post a while ago, then re-purposed it on LinkedIn over the weekend. Did OK there (maybe 1,000 views and a handful of comments) and one of the comments jumped out to me first. It was about the whole… Continue Reading

Work isn’t set up to create innovation, no

You’d probably assume that innovation, as a concept, needs a few steps before it actually happens — and one of those steps is probably “creative thinking.” (Or, at the very least, some kind of thinking.) How do you achieve the idea of “creative thinking” that… Continue Reading

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You can’t build employee engagement with software

Don't Build Employee Engagement With Software

I’m of two minds on this, I guess, because I have seen software/interface programs designed at upping the ante on feedback and engagement. Many of them are sleek and well-designed, and I think there might be decent adoption rates and… Continue Reading