Have you ever looked at the result you produce? Perhaps it is a legal brief, a sales proposal or a software solution. Most likely, whether it is tangible or completely virtual, there were many tools, people and steps to create the end result. On our team, we deliver business systems. The amount of thinking, planning,Continue reading “Overwhelmed”
Category Archives: Productivity
When It’s Not Showtime
There was a telling comment made a few years ago by famed NBA basketball star, Allen Iverson. He revealed his perspective about practice, “We’re talking about practice man, we’re not even talking about the game, when it actually matters, we’re talking about practice.” At that time, Iverson was the MVP of the National Basketball Association.Continue reading “When It’s Not Showtime”
Does Perfect Planning Make Perfect Sense
It is really difficult to meet someone who has had a linear, planned out, perfect life, much less a predictable planned week. The number of variables to manage are too vast. The accident you did not plan for happened. The new competitor who got to market faster was not on the roadmap. Reality did notContinue reading “Does Perfect Planning Make Perfect Sense”
Cluttered Minds
I was speaking with a client recently who was dismayed at the erosion of etiquette in business. He remembered when people returned voicemails and were more approachable. Today is a different time. Our ability to create information so much faster changed the rules. We have to change with those rules or we become irrelevant. HowContinue reading “Cluttered Minds”
Overwhelmed
Have you ever looked at the result you produce? Perhaps it is a legal brief, a sales proposal or a software solution. Most likely, whether it is tangible or completely virtual, there were many tools, people and steps to create the end result. The amount of thinking, planning, people, information, systems and communications is mindContinue reading “Overwhelmed”
Cluttered Minds
I was speaking with a client recently who was dismayed at the erosion of etiquette in business. He remembered when people returned voicemails and were more approachable. Today is a different time. Our ability to create information so much faster changed the rules. We have to change with those rules or we become irrelevant. HowContinue reading “Cluttered Minds”
Increasing Capacity
A recent Runner’s World article featured interviews with CEO’s of major corporations. These are guys under immense pressure from their responsibilities. The temptation they all have in times past has been to work harder and longer. However, over time they realized they were hitting walls usually in health or sanity. They started doing the counterintuitiveContinue reading “Increasing Capacity”
Custom Productivity
Some of us are highly focused people. Others are scattered. Some like music in the background when working. Others need quiet. Some people need a desk. Others feel more comfortable on the floor. We are each wired differently and some of the form factors around us help us thrive or get stressed out. In caseContinue reading “Custom Productivity”
Function Follows Form
Had you ever noticed that if you set things up a certain way you are more apt to do them? We are creatures of inertia. By this I mean that it is easier for us to stay in motion or do the lowest resistance activity in the area or space we are engaged in. IfContinue reading “Function Follows Form”
