e-mailing your way to oblivion

Is it just me, or are e-mail and productivity at work just two things that don’t belong in the same sentence together? I find it amazing that companies invest so much money in deploying e-mail systems and yet spend nothing on training people to communicate effectively with them. Perhaps you work in a company that […]

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Blowing the whistle on yourself!

I love my wife, she is a genius. I should provide some explanation! We have four children, each wonderful in their own way and each bringing their own little learning opportunities. However, most recently, our middle son’s behaviour has been closer to “pushing the boundaries” than our household norm. I believe that is how the […]

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One Ends Another One Begins

It is that time of year, you know the one, where things come to an end and new things begin. It is a great time to reflect on longer term goals and longer term “what needs doing” items and actions. An interesting twist in this is focusing on what things you need to stop doing. […]

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Winning battles – starting with the inbox

I’m a great believer in systems and analysis. In fact I think the whole world is one big interconnected system… But that’s a story for another day. One of the systems that is the biggest challenge to working out what needs doing and doing it is the email inbox. In most companies the email inbox […]

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