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Nurture positive perceptions

Perceptions are everything… There is no reality, it’s only what people perceive. Perceptions are formed by what people see and hear (vs. researching the raw data). Even data is easily manipulated to...

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Causing a Crisis to alter behavior

Back in 2007 we posted research that showed that not even the possiblity of death was enough to change people’s behaviors. Most humanoids are weak minded, they hate change, and love staying within...

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What’s Your Next Step

A piece of good advice for anyone in both their professional and personal life is to surround yourself with experts. Of course this doesn’t apply to me, for I am the greatest being that has ever...

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Ultimus Releases BPM Prioritization Tool

Ultimus announced an interesting tool aimed at helping organizations prioritize what processes to automate, based on the value it presents to the business. Ultimus, a maker of business-process...

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The Danger of Entitlement and Incentives

One of the problems with salary increases, bonuses, and other incentives (ESPP, stock options, etc…) is that they quickly become viewed as entitlements. The first or second time you try it, you get a...

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Luck is being prepared for an opportunity…

I love this quote: Luck is being prepared for an oppotunity Ever hear people complain that such and such Sith Lord is lucky? True, unpredictable events occur where someone was at the right place at the...

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Crisis – it might be what’s needed for change

It’s easy to campaign for improving how things are done, and you’ll get a lot of lip service with people who say they like and support the idea. But what usually ends up happening is that it’s business...

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Long distance work relationships have more problems

According to research by VitalSmarts, working remotely causes 243% more workplace problems (such as lack of trust, misrepresentation of information, etc…) compared to those who work locally. Not only...

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I.T Managers – assess the needs of the company

All too often I.T Managers develop an agenda, an I.T agenda. It may very well be intentioned such as increasing server availability, business continuity, network intrusion prevention, software...

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Measuring quantitative vs. qualitative people metrics

Regarding measuring the staff metrics, it’s relatively easy to measure quantitative performance indicators. I can measure how many rebel command ships a Captain of a Star Destroyer blows up, or how...

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