Staying clear and ready are the most important productivity mindsets you can nurture. You do not know what is coming at you tomorrow, next week or next month for that matter. The world has a way of pushing work onto you.Most of the things that come into your life will end up in the trash. … [Read more...]
Friday, March 2, 2012
Why You Don’t Publish A Magazine
On the web there is a lot of copying. I can see evidence of copying from business partners, customers and competitors of my marketing consultancy, AscendWorks. Some comfort themselves by saying it is the highest form of flattery. I disagree. If you tell the person and credit them, it is entirely … [Read more...]
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Interruptions Destroy Productivity
As attention gets scarce, and the ability for everyone to push communications and work onto us is easy, our productivity is greatly affected. It is not uncommon for emails and calls to go without response. Furthermore, there are a lot of projects which suffer from interruptions from our computer … [Read more...]
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Uncertainty
We are certainly in uncertain times. I enjoyed Mauldin's recent essay, "Who Took My Easy Button?" He shares some insightful information on the difficult and unyielding choices we face as a nation that have already played out in other countries like Greece and likely Italy.Another great capture … [Read more...]
Monday, January 30, 2012
Finding The Use Case
The shear volume of options available to us today is daunting. It's hard to imagine new products and services finding validity in many cases. On the other hand, inventors can get excited and focus too much on their breakthrough technology without figuring out how to monetize it.Ultimately, great … [Read more...]
Thursday, January 19, 2012
The Art Of Responsiveness
Responsiveness used to be a competitive advantage. That was when everyone was catching up with the tools and technologies for on-demand communication and action. Now that we all have access to the tools, responsiveness is expected. Ironically, there is still a deficit in responsive communications. … [Read more...]
