Bridges, Muscles and Crises
Posted on17 Oct 2011
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In problem solving, seeing the connection among disparate things helps. Recently, I drove home on a road that runs along a creek.... Read More
Dealing with Co-workers Who Copy Bosses on Emails
Posted on26 May 2011
Tagsrelationships, question, perspective, management by email, interpretation, employees, co-workers, boss
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As a result of my post, Dealing with Bosses Who Manage by Email, a reader’s email wanted to know what to do... Read More
Cooperation vs. Competition on the Business-to-Business Level
Posted on23 May 2011
Tagscompetition, Roman, profitability, perspective, law, gladiators, freedom, free market, cooperation, business
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A person who direct messaged me on Twitter suggested I address cooperation and competition on the business-to-business level (B2B). Which is more... Read More
Arbitrariness: The Cornerstone of Conditions
Posted on23 Sep 2010
Tagsabsolute, arbitrariness, assumptions, build, conditionality, decisions, democracy, emotions, evalute, first, house, Influence, intuition, knowledge, numbers, Personality, perspective, problem solving, question, second, subjective, third
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Arbitrariness & First, Second, Third Arbitrariness is vital to intuitive problem solving because it’s related to subjectivity which is related to personality... Read More
The Success of Failure and the Failure of Success
Posted on16 Sep 2010
TagsAcademy of Management Journal, anticipatory, decisions, emotions, employees, experience, failure, fear, feelings, flexibility, gain, history, intuition, joy, learn, legitimate, lesson, logic, mistakes, objective, organization, pain, perspective, Peter M. Madsen, planning, profitability, rationale, success, The Economist, Vinit Desai
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How many times have we heard, “Nothing breeds success like success?” In a study of the orbital launch vehicle industry by Peter... Read More
Definitions, Connotations and Personality Assessment
Posted on13 Sep 2010
Tagsapproaches, collaboration, connotations, context, definitions, dominance, feelings, humanistic, impression, intuition, logic, Personality, perspective, phraseology, planning, quality, quantity, spectrum, subjective, Thoughts, understanding, word choice
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Word choice and phrasing (phraseology) are simple ways we can assess personalities. As I’ve said in previous postings, everything we think, do... Read More
Challenging Assumptions Behind 1+1=2 As Case Study
Posted on26 Aug 2010
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Challenging assumptions behind 1+1=2 makes for a great case study. For instance, we know that looking at the same thing from other... Read More
Glass Half Full Or Half Empty, Who’ll Go Get More Water?
Posted on12 Aug 2010
Tagsassumptions, attitude, change, emotions, fear, gain, glass, joy, loss, metaphor, perspective, problem solving, sales, glass half full-half empty metaphor
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People use the glass half full or half empty metaphor in many ways. I use it much in problem solving workshops. For... Read More
Difference Between Instinct and Intuition in Decisions
Often, I’m asked about the difference between instinct and intuition. Part of what makes the question hard is gender bias. Men prefer... Read More
How Challenging Assumptions Every Day Improves Problem Solving
Posted on02 Aug 2010
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Experts often cite challenging assumptions as a great problem-solving tip. It helps one think outside the box. Yet, they don’t say much... Read More
