Cover photo by Matheus Bertelli on Pexels.com How Not to Design a Meeting I was talking with a colleague the other day who shared frustrations about a recent meeting. Well, to avoid burying the lede, this is about a meeting that never happened. So today I wrote this lessons learned post on how not to design a meeting. Imagine a director from a large tech company comes … [Read more...] about How Not to Design a Meeting: How Team Project Review Went Wrong and Demoralized a Team and How Not to Repeat the Mistake Yourself.
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5 Ways Companies Get Return-to-Workplace Policies Wrong
5 Ways Companies Get Return-to-Workplace Policies Wrong Even Zoom is asking its employees to return to the office twice a week for those living near an office (see, Even Zoom is making its staff return to the office on CNN). Just asking people to return to work doesn't make sense. The employees know it isn't about being productive because we are still productive, perhaps … [Read more...] about 5 Ways Companies Get Return-to-Workplace Policies Wrong
Scenario Planning and Agility: The Case for Scenarios In an Uncertain World
Scenario Planning and Agility: The Case for Scenarios In an Uncertain World Scenario planning and agility. Too often, managers and leaders focus on how to control the near-term. They don't take the time to consider if what they prioritize as important today, will be useful, valuable, or applicable to some future state of the organization. As soon as the future comes up … [Read more...] about Scenario Planning and Agility: The Case for Scenarios In an Uncertain World
What Leaders Can Learn from Playing Video Games: Why Excellence is a Mystery
Be it Angry Birds or Galaga, Fallout or Call of Duty, knowing what good likes like is pretty easy. You gain an achievement, rack up three stars or land on a leaderboard. In the pre-social gaming days, it was a local leaderboard, the one on the game you were playing at Shakey’s Pizza during lunch from your sys op job on a HP 3000. Today your achievements are splattered across … [Read more...] about What Leaders Can Learn from Playing Video Games: Why Excellence is a Mystery
What Leaders Can Learn From Playing Video Games: Mentoring
What Leaders Can Learn From Playing Video Games: Mentoring Angry Birds players rack up high scores from exhibiting the most destructive of behaviors. In the world of management, however, it is important to think about the young birds, before they become angry, and how to help them find their place. How can you help them prosper? How can you apply mentoring to help them test … [Read more...] about What Leaders Can Learn From Playing Video Games: Mentoring