The Ugly Truth About Working Late
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
Over at the Harvard Business Review blog network, Ron Ashkenas asks an important question to professionals: Should you stay late or go home?
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This Is Urgent!
Monday, January 16th, 2012
How many times have you heard that? Someone asks you to do something, and it is urgent. You consider your calendar, the day’s pressures, expectations, commitments, and whether you can drop what you’re doing to respond. At that moment, you’re weighing the various components of response.
Switching the Enterprise to the Mac
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
You don’t have to be a technology pro to know that most companies don’t use Macintosh computers. But could these machines actually increase corporate productivity?
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How to Truly Stop Procrastinating
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
Personal productivity goes down the tubes when we procrastinate. How do we stay productive and keep on-task when distractions seem so enticing?
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Setting Our Sights On 2012
Friday, December 30th, 2011
Today many of us will spend the final hours of the year wrapping-up the business process improvement projects and tasks we set forth in 2011. The question is, come Monday, what is your plan?
Tremendously interesting, but not too much
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Did you know there are degrees of “interesting”? Sure, we’ve all met someone who is NOT interesting, but have you ever met anyone who is TOO interesting? If not, it is my honor to introduce myself to you: My name is Scott, and I am too interesting. Read on »
Misery Index: Becoming Happy
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Previously on The Methodology Blog, we discussed why workplace rewards are typically not a good idea. Today, we’d like to address how to find happiness in your job.
Campfire Stories, Part 3
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Business process analysis is a complicated process, but the result is often easily retold. Once again we’re featuring some “campfire stories” of great business process improvement here on The Methodology Blog.
Training: Can it Solve Unemployment?
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
According to government officials, about 14 million Americans are currently unemployed. One article asks if the secret to putting people back to work might be as simple as training.
Misery Index: Lack of Rewards
Monday, November 28th, 2011
Recently, the team at Slaughter Development stumbled upon an article that listed the ten most despised jobs in America. And while there was validity in the complaints of those who work in such areas, we found one such agitation surprising.