Dateline: February 7, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week's thought for the weekend comes from a recent article by Daniel Goleman, Co-Director of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations at Rutgers University and author of a variety of top-selling books. His recent blog at Harvard Business … [Read more...]
Toxic Habits of an Organization
January 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: January 17, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. January seems to be a time of taking stock of ourselves and doing a personal inventory of our strengths and our opportunities for growth. Recently, Fast Company published a blog titled, "How to Turn your Toxic Habits into Better Patterns of Behavior" and that caught my … [Read more...]
The Impact of Bitcoin
December 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: December 27, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. The topic this weekend is virtual currency and the rise of Bitcoin. Bitcoin, as you may know, is the hot virtual currency right now. A Los Angeles Times article earlier this month described it's use and it's recent rise in value. Consumers are using bitcoins at coffee shops, … [Read more...]
Structure Deadlines that Work
November 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: November 29, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. A recent blog post from Fast Company came to the surprising conclusion that setting 'extremely short' deadlines was not just more productive, but reduced anxiety and made work less boring. Building on Parkinson’s Law about how work expands to fill the available time, Blogger … [Read more...]
Engagement with Online Articles
November 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: November 22, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Nate Weiner, the founder of Pocket, the "DVR for the web" and a popular online site for keeping track of links you want to view later, has learned some very interesting facts about what people save and what they actually do with what they save. In a recent Fast Company … [Read more...]
Killing Innovation in the Organization
November 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Innovation is, to some, the holy grail of continued success. Getting the innovation process right puts an organization on the path of growth and renewal. Recently, Scott Kirsner, editor of Innovation Leader, an information service for corporate innovation executives, and blogger at Harvard Business Review, wrote about 11 ways a big company undermines their own innovation efforts. To summarize, … [Read more...]
