Innovation: Great Alone, But Better Together
Have you heard of the multiple discovery hypothesis? It suggests that many discoveries, or basically just really good ideas, occur simultaneously by people working independently of each other. Think of...
View ArticleBreak This Rule: #3 – Practice in Front of a Mirror
Mirrors are just a one-person show. Practice often, out loud and on your feet! Practicing in front of a mirror sounds like great advice. We don’t know what we look like when presenting, and videotaping...
View ArticleDo Your Teleworkers Feel Excluded? 3 Ways to Bring Remote Workers Into Your...
One-fifth of Americans now telecommute, with the number expected to reach 60 percent in the next five years. As working from home goes mainstream, business leaders are tasked with a variety of new...
View ArticleBreak This Rule: #4 – Picture the Audience in Their Underwear
Stupid visuals distance you. Connect with your audience! (Who really wants to visualize Bob from accounting in his underwear?) I’ve heard them all. Participants in my workshops tell me they’ve been...
View ArticleUsing Social Media to Promote Your Webinars
Social media has transformed the way we get and give information. Want to publish something to the public? No longer do you need to visit the editor in the corner office. No longer do you need to run...
View ArticleConvoi Makes Collaboration With Remote Teams Easy
Are you someone who works in the field, whether in retail, sales, public safety, security or construction? Or perhaps you’re involved, along with others, at your child’s school, in sports activities or...
View ArticleIs Your Workforce Ready to Go Mobile?
The Future of Work is high tech and — perhaps most importantly — mobile. From the smallest startup to the largest international corporation, companies are embracing mobile technology. It allows for...
View ArticleFeeling Thankful: A Rescued iPad and Great Customer Service
Sometimes, even we are pleasantly surprised by the way our products and our team make our customers’ lives a little easier. It all started a couple months ago when Jennifer, a cloud-computing...
View ArticleNew Name, Same Thing: Work-Life Blending Is All About Balance
I tried work-life blending for six years. It sucks. It’s nothing more than a new term coined by self-absorbed workaholics to justify their personal regrets, negligence and imbalances in life. Now let...
View ArticleThe New Three-Martini Lunch: Walk and Talk
We’ve all heard of the power lunch, the time-honored office custom in which Important People break bread and decide Important Things. Or the company golf outing, a tradition known to bind rank-and-file...
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