Increasing employee productivity is important all the time. But at the end of the year, we tend to put productivity aside for a tradition of a holiday party. Is throwing a company bash a good idea?
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Productive organizations are those with a healthy workplace culture. But what does that phrase, “workplace culture” really mean? How can a company improve its culture?
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Productive communication requires that we agree on questions and find consensus on answers. What happens when the way we confirm our understanding doesn’t actually make sense?
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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.
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.
Pretty much anyone who has ever worked in an organization has had to deal with the frustration of secrecy. Why do we keep so many secrets at work, and what can we do about it?
Smartphone technology is awesome. And with each passing year, it’s becoming easier to recognize just how much it positively enhances business. One such benefit to the technology is the unique and powerful function of the QR code.
We all stress about having too much stress, whether at work, at home or even on vacation. But it turns out that the sensation of being involuntarily excited comes in two categories—and one of them is actually good for you!
We all benefit from a break from work. So why is it that we often bring our laptops, cellphones and other workplace items with us on vacation?
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A few weeks back, we thought it might be fun to celebrate post #500 on our little blog with a contest. We invited readers to submit guest posts in exchange for the chance to win a $75 grand prize. Unfortunately, our sweepstakes was a total failure.