Archive for November, 2008

Monday, November 24, 2008

Unplug and focus

I'm dealing with a client situation right now that has taken on quite a life of its own. What I mean is that it's as if the project is a living, breathing beast that has overtaken the people involved in it and is spinning them around like twister spins houses effortlessly as it passes through [...]

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Haste makes waste.

Many of you know this familiar adage, and, many of us ignore it at our peril – especially in our hurry hurry world. Over the past week I have been engaged in a client situation where exactly this problem is at play.  The client has received a request from a department within their organization, and the [...]

Friday, November 7, 2008

The Power of Mindset. Example: The US Election

This was an amazing week in the life of American politics, and in the life of democracy as a whole.  Whatever one's political views, it is difficult to describe the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States of America as anything but a sea change.  It is transformational – particularly in light [...]