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When Collaboration is For the Birds
Collaboration is key. We’re told by social media mavens that it powers networks and unlocks the potential within individuals and the groups with which they associate. However, collaboration is not always an unalloyed good. Sometimes it can go badly wrong. Now, before you throw me out of...
Find Your Focus
New Year, new beginnings. At this point in the calendar, the blogosphere is full of lots of advice for those of us who welcome the opportunity of a new beginning. Since I’d like to avoid here one of the besetting sins of bloggers (i.e., hypocrisy), I’m going to restrict myself to...
Coping with Uncertainty
It’s been over three years since the financial crisis of 2008. Joblessness is high, optimism low. Just in the last four months alone, the New York area has had epic weather (Hurricane Irene, floods, the Halloween blizzard) and an earthquake. Worst of all, no one knows when the turmoil...
Are You a Force Multiplier?
On most days, my To Do List seems longer than the Nile River. It contains everything from the quotidien (remember the milk!) to the critical — tasks that trigger serious consequences. On days when it seems like I add two tasks for every one I complete, it can be tempting to focus on the...
That Vision Thing
A lack of vision has tripped up presidents and business leaders. President George H.W. Bush famously dismissed “that vision thing” as something not worth investing in. As he soon discovered, however, the electorate did not agree with him. His official biography on the US Senate...
