Here is another great post from blogger Eric Barker, and his blog “Barking up the Wrong Tree”. This short read provides some great tips on how to eat less and eat better, with links to all the academic studies to back up the claims. Powerful stuff, as we head into yet another “overeating” season with the Christmas break almost upon us….
Great summary of a handful of shortcuts to success from the terrific blogger Eric Barker (“Barking up the Wrong Tree”). Check it out here…
One of my favorite paintings, updated. Ain’t this the truth…
(reprinted from a funny series of classic paintings updated — check it out here...)
I just came across this gem of a thinking model for “organizational design” challenges and opportunities; this exhibit is straight out of a recent Strategy+Business article you can find here. I think this is a great way to think through things — in business we most often tend to spend the bulk of our time on the “formal” model with structures, key performance indicators, compensation plans, and the like; we often don’t give nearly enough MAU’s (management attention units — a great term I picked up from a client some years back!) on the “informal” side, and yet that seems to be the real enabler of true high performance for organizations.
In “engineering speak” I would suggest that getting the formal side “approximately right” is necessary, but not sufficient. The “turbo-charging” comes through tackling the informal side and getting it to mesh with the business strategy and the formal design. Definitely not a trivial task….
Reprinted from Jim Rose’s blog, thought I would share this gem. I not only hear these phrases a lot, I have definitely caught myself uttering them in some of my own public speaking gigs….
Really like this blog post about the important roles that “pushing your limits” and “failure” play in ultimately achieving success. Thoughts to live (and keep trying) by. Thanks for the original post, Jeremey!
Having taught at the university level for a handful of years, and now offering workshops and seminars from my own company(s), I couldn’t resist copying this from fellow blogger Jim Rose (thanks, Jim!) and re-publishing here on my blog. I’ll try to remember to post this up as my first slide at our next workshop as an “icebreaker”…
France has enacted small business regulations that kick in for companies having greater than 50 employees… I wonder how that might impact the owner’s decision-making?
Of course, this shouldn’t come as any surprise — it is, however, very clear evidence as to how regulation impacts day-to-day decision making and overall company strategies Thanks to Jim Rose’s blog post for providing me this delightful graphic from the Economist — here is Jim’s full blog post if you want to read more details about the regulations and their impact.
a life (still) under construction... 