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Practical Business Improvement: Personality Strengths and the Pinky Swear
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Observations, tips, experiences, and musings. Wednesday, August 17, 2011. Personality Strengths and the Pinky Swear. This is a true story about two talented High School gymnasts, Pam and Lisa, and their challenges overcoming pre-event nerves. Molly recognizes the strengths of their personalities and what drives them to perform at their best and she emphasizes those strengths when she cheers them on. Pam is perfectly capable of a near perfect Suke. The names have been changed to protect the identities of...
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Practical Business Improvement: Why Behaviors Don’t Represent a Person’s Nature
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Observations, tips, experiences, and musings. Thursday, August 25, 2011. Why Behaviors Don’t Represent a Person’s Nature. You can’t trust the outwardly presented behaviors of people to accurately represent their real personality or nature. Often behaviors that look “bad” are driven by something outside of the individual’s control. Look at the scenario below as I reveal more information in “The reality”. The office complex was a smoke free campus, but it was not very well marked on the property. There...
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Practical Business Improvement: May 2011
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Observations, tips, experiences, and musings. Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Transforming Tribal Knowledge to Standard Process. Organizations lament over the risky dependence on Tribal Knowledge. To run their business. Extracting the knowledge from the key individuals is not as simple as asking them to write down everything they know about a process. People holding the Keys to the Kingdom. The objective of the visual system is to have a wider perspective of the norm so that the exceptions and non-standard ...
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Practical Business Improvement: February 2011
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Observations, tips, experiences, and musings. Friday, February 11, 2011. What is the Cloud? I caught a few minutes of a radio show where “the Cloud” was being discussed by tech-savvy guest “promoters” that had a marketing perspective on the cloud. Marketing often equates the cloud to the internet or Google Apps like Gmail and Google Docs and now thanks to recent Microsoft commercials, Outlook and Office. But is that really what the cloud is all about? Consumer (you and me). In the case of Google Apps.
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Practical Business Improvement: What is the Cloud?
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Observations, tips, experiences, and musings. Friday, February 11, 2011. What is the Cloud? I caught a few minutes of a radio show where “the Cloud” was being discussed by tech-savvy guest “promoters” that had a marketing perspective on the cloud. Marketing often equates the cloud to the internet or Google Apps like Gmail and Google Docs and now thanks to recent Microsoft commercials, Outlook and Office. But is that really what the cloud is all about? Consumer (you and me). In the case of Google Apps.
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Practical Business Improvement: May 2012
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Observations, tips, experiences, and musings. Thursday, May 31, 2012. Gamification has a Place in Business. Why would I want silly games in my business? Won’t that just give people another reason to goof off at work? Gamification isn’t about making games, it is about applying to processes and communication the same type of techniques that keep people interested and engaged in playing games. Has a great definition, an excerpt below:. Is the use of game design. Photo credit: JD Hancock. CC BY 2.0. Two Oper...
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Practical Business Improvement: Transforming Tribal Knowledge to Standard Process
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Observations, tips, experiences, and musings. Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Transforming Tribal Knowledge to Standard Process. Organizations lament over the risky dependence on Tribal Knowledge. To run their business. Extracting the knowledge from the key individuals is not as simple as asking them to write down everything they know about a process. People holding the Keys to the Kingdom. The objective of the visual system is to have a wider perspective of the norm so that the exceptions and non-standard ...
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Lean Management and Policy Deployment Training
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Better Innovation Management Overview. To build Better Innovation Management. To prevent obstacles and resolve problems,. LPM brings you knowledge, tools and techniques:. Demonstrated principles and tactics for overcoming resistance. Proven methods for creating precision problem solving tools. Implementation processes that lead to better innovation management practices. Unique techniques to create accountability and deliver compliance. To improve the capability to manage innovation more effectively,.
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Practical Business Improvement: June 2011
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Observations, tips, experiences, and musings. Friday, June 17, 2011. A Common Language is Half of the Utility. I was reminded about the value a common language has on the usefulness of tools through a recent experience with my GPS. I loaned my GPS to French exchange students for their trip to New York City. The Power of Commonality. The utility of a common language is a universal principle of business process design, supporting technology, and communication. It is far easier to ensure everyone unders...
