Good project communication is always a big challenge. The broader the project’s impact, the bigger the team — and the challenge. This shouldn’t be much of a surprise since communication in all areas of business (and throughout our lives) is challenging. How can we be sure that the right people across both the team and… Read More
This morning I published a post on SXSW over on the Scholarly Kitchen. Here’s an excerpt: Sometimes you need to magnify something to see it clearly, and Elon Musk is the magnification of curiosity, exploration, and optimism. He described everything from the thruster problem that delayed the space station docking of the SpaceX Dragon capsule, to… Read More
Are you managing your to do list or is it managing you?
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My two favorite Jobs quotes:… Read More
We’re all busy. For me, a small and rapidly expanding business takes up most of my time. It’s both exciting and exhausting. For you it might be the same or it might be a demanding position with a more traditional employment agreement. It doesn’t matter. My epiphany this weekend was that it is NOT only… Read More
“There’s a mismatch between what science knows and what business does.” Daniel Pink at TED Talks 2009 According to Dan, what science knows is that when people are offered rewards for simple, structured tasks results improve. But, when rewards are offered for tasks that are conceptual they have a negative impact on performance. What business… Read More
Why haven’t I been blogging regularly? One big reason is the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) IN Meeting. Richard Newman, from the American Medical Society, and I are the co-chairs of the SSP IN meeting. SSP IN will take over the entire Hotel Providence from September 23rd – 25th. I could tell you all about IN… Read More
Image via CrunchBase I found this fascinating quote today: Earlier this week, I wrote about the management trap that occurs in industries undergoing disruptive innovation. David Smith from CABI forwarded this presentation from Netflix to me. It’s excellent, and deserves to be shared widely.Kent Anderson under, The Scholarly Kitchen, Aug 2009 Culture View more presentations… Read More