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Acme Productivity Enhancer –
Bottleneck removal at your fingertips.

March 11, 2009

The difficult business environment has me thinking about productivity in the workplace, about doing more with less. In my experience, a key to improved productivity is the application of bottleneck remover or, said another way, delegate. Productivity is nice, but delegation can be scary. “What if they don’t do what I want done the way [...]

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How to Write a Meeting Agenda – Making PALs

March 9, 2009

Do meetings make you crazy? Personally, I like them. When there’s an effective meeting agenda, it’s a chance to interact with colleagues and share ideas but, when they don’t have structure, when there’s no agenda, they make me crazy too. Like most things, planning is the key to success. There are three broad elements to [...]

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Are You a Problem Identifier,
or a Problem Solver?

February 6, 2009

Our creative director made an interesting observation: You can be a problem solver or problem identifiers. He’s right of course. His comment got me thinking about a recent client assignment that didn’t go well. The senior managers met to discuss the project. What struck me was the tone of the conversation. This was a group [...]

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