Since today is Halloween, I couldn’t resist taking a look at nightmares. Work nightmares in particular. These night terrors fall into two categories for me, waking horrors, things that happen at work that embarrass or freak you out, such as calling your boss by your spouse’s name during a meeting, (I won’t touch the Freudian implications of that one). […]
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PowerPoint is a great presentation tool. It’s flexible, powerful and easy to use. It’s also one of the most misused tools. Poorly constructed slides filled with tiny font. Complex graphs meant to inform instead confound viewers. Unfortunately, some blame the tool for the failures of the user. This post isn’t offering alternatives to PowerPoint because […]
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We regularly hear about the destructive power of social media. There’s no doubt that it can create a variety of problems, but social media also has a positive side. Continuous Improvement Process: One of the most interesting aspects of social media is that it behaves like a continuous improvement process. The algorithms of social media are […]
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Imagine planning a message for two months and then forgetting to deliver it. Sound impossible?The following story really happened. The real estate group had been planning their presentation to the Minister of Industry for about two months. They had prepared slides and organized who would speak first and who would address the series of itemized […]
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