Archive for 2012

Employee Productivity Through Natural Light

Friday, May 18th, 2012

It’s an age old conundrum. How can bosses invigorate a flagging workforce without disrupting the whole office?
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[VIDEO] Workflow and Corporate Culture

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Learn more about workflow, productivity and corporate culture in this video interview with Robby Slaughter.
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Downloadable Forms and Paradigm Shifts

Monday, May 14th, 2012

A downloadable PDF on a website is usually suspicious. If that document contains lines and boxes for handwritten entry, I consider it evidence of cluelessness.

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Cursing in the Workplace

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

Employee behavior in a professional setting should mean appropriate language. So why are researchers saying that swearing at work can actually be productive?

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Increase Productivity Through Microtraining

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

Employee productivity is usually at a consistent level, until they go away for training. Then, employee productivity often gets worse before it gets better!
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Rethinking Continuous Improvement

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

Practically every company has heard of continuous improvement techniques, from Lean to Six Sigma to 5S. But a new post from the Harvard Business Review reminds everyone that no improvement program prevents us from needing to think clearly.
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Productive Website Maintenance

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

Increasing productivity at work can happen in just about every arena. But what about increasing productivity when maintaining your company website?

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Increase Productivity Through Phone Etiquette

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

Can the way you use the phone actually improve your productivity? In a recent guest post, our own Robby Slaughter explains how to increase productivity in the way you answer and speak.
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How to Destroy Your Productivity

Friday, May 4th, 2012

Improving productivity is a typical objective at work. But one blogger published a tongue-in-cheek piece about ensuring that your personal productivity tanks.
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Learning Design Layout From Lecter and Ricci

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

Given the hundreds of processes we encounter each and everyday, it’s reasonable to admit that we aren’t always in control of the variables we face. Recently, guest blogger Bernie Smith discovered this for himself and decided to share his story and revelations with  us on The Methodology Blog.

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