The Fallacy of Agreement
A friend recently shared a nugget of wisdom that had been passed down from his father. For days, I couldn’t get it out of my head, so I’ll share it with you in the hopes that it may be of value to you as well: Don’t necessarily seek agreement among a group; at times, seek…
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How to Win Against Your E-Mail Inbox
If you’re anything like me, you’re used to facing down your e-mail inbox like others face down dragons. When you’re up against a crowded inbox, it’s hard to know where to get started (or even find the energy). Have faith. It is possible to go from packed to clutter-free. The first step is to set…
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Mitigating the Cost of Long Commutes
Have you ever done the math on the cost of a long commute? For those of us with employees that travel to and from work every day, the costs are staggering. Consider this very common work commute scenario: Scott has a 45-minute commute to work. That’s 1.5 hours per day or 7.5 hours per week.…
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Getting Lost on the Mountain: Keeping Teams on Track
When I was much younger, my mom and my grandmother went on a trip together, just the two of them. As with many families, tensions tended to run high when my mom and grandma were stuck in the same enclosed space for a long period of time. This was in the days of atlases and…
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What Gets Measured Gets Done
There are apps for almost everything. Some wonderful. Others less so. Several of the apps play to the recently created insecurity in us all – the strange desire to get “Likes.” These apps are designed to make you strive to boosts the number of approvals your posts receive. Which begs the question: Who cares? Are…
Read MoreInteresting Insights from 5 Million E-Mails
Baydin, the makers of an email plugin Boomerang, recently analyzed over 5 million emails that were sent and received by Boomerang’s users. Out of the 147 messages the average email user receives every day, only 12 require “substantial work.” Those 12 messages which require “substantial work” take up approximately 90 minutes per day! Most people…
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Initial Thoughts on the Apple iPad
For years I’ve waited for someone to come out with a great tablet computer. One that can do all the things my notebook computer can do, but in a smaller, lighter package and with a really great touchscreen. Presumably, it would come with a stylus and would recognize my handwriting. It would definitely run Windows…
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When You’re Getting Nowhere, There’s No Place like Someplace Else
I wasted a great deal of time sitting at my computer today, trying to refine an idea for an article I plan to write. After spinning my wheels for hours in my home office, I finally realized that I wasn’t making any progress and decided to go do something else for a while. So, I…
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