Corporate personality

One can quickly detect the organization’s personality upon walking into an office or a store.  Reflect on your own experiences. There are those companies where people seem eager, excited, and genuinely interested in what they are doing. Then you walk into...

Which dance?

We waltz through the day, performing various dances. They are more a waltz than salsa, although sometimes it may even feel like a tango. Our interactions will become a dance as we approach situations from varying perspectives and involvement.  The dance we...

The right people

Few companies fail because of the lack of innovative and promising ideas but instead meet their downfall through poor execution. However, even those methodical and deliberate organizations that plan well, in both ideation and implementation, still fail for one simple...

Be repetitive to succeed

Our ability to master any craft or remember a set of details requires repetition. Learning a new skill or technique and adopting a process all require repetition. Recall learning the times’ table when you were young or the capital cities of countries. We...

Thrive on chaos?

The ability to get work done when it suddenly piles on and there is an abundance of work requiring completion and little time. It feels frantic, rushed, and out of control. Some organizations wear this as a badge of honor and a rite of passage for employees. For new...