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Current Issue

Does effort affect outlook? Thoughts on curing the workplace blahs.

Maybe it’s because we are in the dead of winter and I am located in cold and blustery New England, or maybe it’s because of my relative age – or maybe it’s just because! – but it seems that I have run across a whole lot of tired people over the past few weeks.

Seeking help across the organization can put an end to repetitive problems.

Happy New Year! Here we go again! Oh joy!

Well, it is a new year, and I do hope for all it is a good one, but equally, I hope that no one is starting the year with the pessimistic state of mind, like “Here we go again! Oh darn!”

Read more: Avoiding the ‘Blur Factor’

The biggest challenge we face is how to implement change.

It’s not often that you receive a piece of mail – snail mail of all things – that stops you in your tracks. Just such a letter, looking suspiciously like junk mail, arrived in an unassuming envelope on my desk a few weeks ago.

Less bureaucracy and more practical certifications line the path to better quality.

Sometimes I truly believe that less is more.
Typically people will talk about less being more only when they have less, not more, to say, do, or sell. In many events – global as well as hyper-local – we find examples of how less really is more.