Leaders need to know not only how to run a good meeting, but also when NOT to hold one. In this article you will learn the ten reasons why a meeting should be canceled or rescheduled.
Most of us enjoy films and believe we know what makes a good or bad film. Do we or do we simply know our preference? When academics study an industry they can begin to provide insights that may be missed on the industry’s leaders themselves. In this short film created by Dr. Allegre Hadida at [...]
As a leader, do you read and respond to e-mail as much as you used to? Or are you starting to tune out? Over a year ago, Aditya Kothadiya posited that personal e-mail has become more of a notification medium and less of a communication medium. His argument looks even stronger today. While Twitter and Facebook [...]
“The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.”–Socrates Unlike a computer that makes no meaning or connections between the information it retains, your brain relies upon connections. It stores related sensory data together, which enables you to recognize patterns and make predictions. For example, you may not think you are always finishing [...]
When leaders get a new vision or goal, they usually want to get there as quickly as possible. They start envisioning the steps they need to take. These steps are big and bold and, for them, doable. But the steps aren’t always doable for their team. Some teams can’t make big, bold leaps; they execute [...]
Leaders want to stand out. They want to separate themselves from other leaders, their coworkers, and their predecessors. It’s helpful for leaders to remember, however, the importance of fitting in with the group and the power of social contagion. In order to maintain our social bonds, we mimic others. We buy what they buy, watch [...]
Today’s leadership tip comes from thermodynamics. The old adage “a watched pot never boils” reminds us that time passes slower when you’re waiting. On the other hand, if the fire or stove is hot enough, the water does, in fact, boil, whether it’s watched or not. You can watch the bubbles, tiny at first, climb [...]
In a TED talk, Dan Gilbert asks the audience if they would be happier winning the lottery or becoming paraplegic. If you’re like most, you’d answer lottery winner. And you’d be right…for a while. It turns out that a year after winning the lottery or becoming paraplegic, people are equally happy. We synthesize happiness, so [...]
If you’re like the average American, you likely see 16,000 brands in any given day. That’s a lot of competing images. No wonder so much attention is given to make logos eye-catching. Want to know what got eyes to stop or pause in 2011? Bill Gardner of LogosLounge discovered the following trends: circles, brown, dandruff [...]
Once you learn and successfully employ a specific process, you stop exploring alternatives with a child’s eyes. You turn your attention to other matters. Eventually, the daily management of your processes overwhelms your time and attention, such that you rarely if ever adopt a new process. Stifle the urge to stay exclusively with the tried [...]
In a new documentary called The Interruptors. Live at Aspen Ideas Festivals interviews one of the main Interruptors. Eddie describes the work as dangerous and rewarding even though he fails more than he succeeds. This is necessary works it has become the character of those neighborhoods. All systems need to act on their moral imperatives.
When I ask leaders where they are most productive, they often say on the plane. They enjoy being unplugged for several hours, and they get more done. Avoid using wifi on planes if you can. And if you’re not on a plane, imagine you are for the next few hours. What might you be able [...]
You can call back those 10 people you have been procrastinating calling. You could finish writing the report you were going to finish last week. You could have that uncomfortable conversation with that employee, vendor, or client that you have been putting off. You could have that meeting that you have promised having. You could [...]
In this age of information, it’s so easy to get distracted by a comment, idea, book, motivational speaker, blogger, etc. Before giving in to a distraction, ask, “How does this support our strategy?” You may find yourself with an extra ten hours a week if you begin asking this question and stay on mission. The stronger [...]
You are bombarded by millions of impressions a week. Some of those impressions are bound to land on one of your areas of interests and begin to distract you. It is not just marketers who spend tons of time and money to understand your preferences; friends, family, coworkers, social and professional networks do it, too. [...]
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