What works for you may not work for everybody else
Whilst I love the physical touch and feel of a book, there are occasional books by authors, whose work I’ve followed for a long time, that I purchase physically, but a few years ago I started purchasing my books online. I was recently speaking with a friend about reading books electronically versus listening to books via a service such as Audible. Whilst I can listen to the replay of a presentation, music or a video I find it hard to concentrate on listening to an audiobook. My friend also has trouble listening to audio books and preferred reading a book …
Band Aid® or a Strategy?
When I work with a client’s staff in one on one scenarios, I am regularly told how stressed they feel because they can’t or don’t know how to do what they need to do to get their job done. Some have admitted to even taking home their work at night or on weekends, losing time with family simply because they don’t want to let others know they can’t get things done. Technology can be one of the most effective or challenging aspects of the modern workplace. It has the ability to make life much easier, when you know how, or …
The Power of Internal Knowledge
After completing an in-house workshop for a client, I conducted a number of one on one and small group trouble shooting sessions. In one session, a manager and his two team members came along with a spreadsheet they were working on. Currently, to calculate the priority of various works based on dates and a grading criterion, they did manual calculations. Although they knew there must be a more efficient way, they were hamstrung by lack of time and lack of availability to sit down together and consider and explore ideas. Having a metaphorical “line in the sand” in the form …
Correct, Perfect, Enhance
Ever read an email and wondered why or what? Why was it sent and what, if anything, are you supposed to do? Before email existed, we used to write letters and memorandums (memos). Aside from the facsimile machine (fax), letters and memos were the main way we communicated or confirmed things in writing. Letters were laboured over. Spelling mistakes corrected, grammar was perfected, and the clarity of the message was enhanced before it was sent out. Today email is the primary method of written communication in business. It’s ease of use has both it’s good and bad points but applying …
