Perspectives
Confessions of a Language Bully
Ok, here we go again with the big confessions. I am a language bully. There, I'm glad I got that off my back. I'm hoping a new chapter of LBA (Language Bullies Anonymous) will open up in my neighbourhood as bullying is something up with which I shall not put. For...
Last Book Assignment (For a While)
The end of a short week is here and I have one last book for you to read. (You must be glad this week wasn't a day longer as you would have had one more book.) I realize the last three were a bit heavy so I've selected something light. Many years ago, when looking for...
Your Reading List – Part 3
I would be remiss if I did not include at least one Peter Drucker book in your reading list. For today's book I have reached back into the depths of time and recommended The Practice of Management which Drucker wrote in 1954. I once gave this book to a new manager and...
Your Next Reading Assignment
By now you should have finished reading yesterday's book, How to Win Friends and Influence People. If you haven't finished yet then you're going to get behind in these reading assignments so you better hurry up. Since we started yesterday with a prescription that if...
Back to School Day
Many years ago I worked with a guy by the name of Dave Langley. He always considered the day after Labour Day as the real beginning of the new year. In many ways, I agree with him as we need to get back to work seriously now that summer has faded. So in honour of Back...
Paralysis by Analysis
I"ve come to the conclusion that the greatest example we have today of Complexification, Over-thinking and paralysis by analysis is what we've done with the whole field of leadership. Research has shown in the past that leadership is a hygiene factor, meaning that it...
Over-thinking
As if Complexification isn't enough, it looks like we're over-thinking things too. What I don't get is if we have so little time that we can't simplify things, why are we taking all of our precious time wasting it with over-thinking? Case in point - Career Angst....
Complexification
Every year about this time I think about going to see a few movies at TIFF and just like today, every time I go to their website I get confused by the process of getting tickets and end up giving up and not going. I think my failure to engage is a result of...
Do as I say, don’t do as I do.
A friend of mine is pregnant (no, it's not my fault,) and she told me last week that she is constantly being hounded by the Pregnancy Police. Don't eat this. You shouldn't be doing that. Are you getting enough sleep? When she has the baby, she'll be told a whole set...