Archive for January, 2010

Efficiency In Real Estate

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Last week, BarCamp Indiana featured a blog post from Slaughter Development’s founder Robby Slaughter. The post discusses the correlation between real estate productivity and the telephone.

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36 Minutes of Bliss

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

There’s nothing quite like the satirical news magazine The Onion to help us recognize ironies in our advanced society. A recent headline simply reads: “Man Gets Life In Order For 36 Minutes.”

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From Threat to Request

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

In yesterday’s edition of The Methodology Blog, we reviewed a poorly-worded email message from management. Today, we will show how to rewrite that same text so that it fosters satisfaction and productivity.

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A Forwarded Threat

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Companies use email to communicate on just about every imaginable topic, from party announcements to corporate decisions. But it’s still surprising to see an email that contains an underlying use of threatening language.

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The Five Box System

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

As part of the ongoing More Than a Few Words podcast, Indianapolis small business leader Lorraine Ball sat down with our own Robby Slaughter to talk about productivity. A key topic from the conversation is the “Five Box System.”

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Resolutions for a New Year

Friday, January 8th, 2010

On Wednesday, Slaughter Development presented the first session in the 2010 Productivity Series. The program for this month was “How NOT to Make New Years Resolutions at Work” and the slides are now available here on The Methodology Blog.

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Social Media Productivity

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Slaughter Development’s founder has another article in the electronic edition of the Hamilton County Business Magazine. This piece is about productivity and social media.

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Picture Impressions

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Controversy over a recent photograph displaying a conversation between President Obama and Vice President Biden has become the newest battle of interpretation. Turns out, a picture may not be worth a thousand words but instead a thousand different points of view.

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The Y2K+10 Bug

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

Billions of people worldwide recently celebrated the dawn of a new year by counting down the seconds until January 1, 2010. However, a retail shopping network in Australia decided to leap forward to January 2016.

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Happiness Breeds Success

Friday, January 1st, 2010

As we enter a new year, it’s a good time to reassess how we think about work. That’s why a startling revelation about what makes us happy is a powerful place to begin 2010.

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