by dustin | Sep 21, 2007 | Business Management, Creativity, Human Resources, Ideas, Professional Development
In his popular ’06 TED talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes an inspiring, and entertaining, argument that we are educating the creativity out of our children. It’s not hard to see how corporations are on creativity killing sprees as well. Here are the top 10 signs...
by dustin | Jun 1, 2007 | Customer Experience, Human Resources
My brother-in-law and I had an interesting incident over Memorial Day weekend. We were having a party for my son’s first birthday. So, we went to Albertson’s to pick up my son’s birthday cake and some propane for my grill. After we paid for...
by dustin | Jun 1, 2007 | Business Management, Human Resources
Over at Businesspundit, Rob points to a research project that claims employee satisfaction efforts do not bear the fruit we anticipate. Read Rob’s take and let me know what you think. It boils down to whether we hire happy people, or we try to make our employees...
by dustin | May 18, 2007 | Human Resources, Ideas
One of my favorite posts (that I’ve written anyways) was Ideas vs. Opinions. I don’t know that it was 100% accurate, but I think the message was right on. I’d like to expound on this idea some more. So here’s a new comparison chart. I hope you...
by dustin | Apr 6, 2007 | Human Resources, Ideas, Tom Peters!
I know two people who can’t share ideas with each other. They don’t trust one another, so every comment is met with skepticism, which breeds indignation and ultimately… anger. I know others who have been trained, like one of Pavlov’s dogs, to...
by dustin | Feb 23, 2007 | Branding, Human Resources, Marketing, Personal Brand, Professional Development
Management Impact Wednesday, Feb 28th 2007 BMA Tulsa Luncheon (11:30 -1:00) Jack Hayhow of Opus Communications Focusing on the four key activities of all great managers, Jack will show how great managers provide employees what they need to increase productivity and...
