What factors result in a “high performing team”? Is there some formula we can all follow, or does it happen by chance? For both study and work, I set out to find some answers…
I was a ten years old when I first saw the tire swing diagram hanging on the wall of the family printed circuit board manufacturing company. I wondered in my naivety how each party could get communication so wrong. Decades later, I have answered my question countless times through my own contribution to mismatched swings.
My experiences have also developed my fundamental belief in Covey’s fifth habit, articulated within the digital agency as: “no one wants a website”.
A single tweet commencing with “Loving Lord” started me down a path questioning why we tweet, why we pray, and whether prayer has any place in Twitter.
Do you feel your staff spend excessive work time on social media and non-work related sites? Research tells us that rather than stopping the behaviour (a form of social loafing), you are better off engaging them in a shared vision to give them something to work towards.
I was recently asked the question about my profile picture: “why a cartoon?” My response takes me on a journey through options not chosen and an analysis of the choices of others.
Hearing the clichéd notion of “win-win” raises immediate concern that one party is attempting to manipulate the situation towards a less than equitable proposition. In sales efforts, client relationships, and managing staff, there is incredible freedom through additional outcome of “no deal“.
Social media played a huge part in the response efforts for the recent Queensland floods. Reflecting back at the amount of time I spent glued to my iPhone, I wonder if the medium plays too large a part in our lives?
I started my blog 18 months ago with few objectives beyond creative self-expression. This I have achieved. As I look back on my posts for the year and compare the number of posts and traffic in each catagaory, I now see a difference between what I want to talk about and what people want to read.
My public sector stint in environmental sustainability prompted putting pen to tablet a few years back. Please feel free to watch and read more about my journey to the concept. I recommend you hurry, however, before the world ends.
A recent Facebook meme asked people to change their profile pic between 3 to 5 December to a cartoon to end violence against children. My ad hoc research shows that a potential 32% of people changed their profile picture to raise awareness for child abuse… or because they felt like it… or because their friends did it… or because it was fun. Wait… why did we do this again?
