– These are thoughts that are impacting my work
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I spend a lot of time reading. The new ideas and interpretations that flow from others’ wisdom often lead to day-to-day insights.
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Responsibility, Commitment, and Accountability
If you’re trying to build an effective governance culture, it’s important that everyone knows what these words mean … and how they work in your culture. These ideas are often mashed together in ways that are real head-scratchers. And, to say it up front, I’m talking about ‘common usage’ for these terms. If they exist
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Mission … Vision … and other stuff
I am mostly interested in personal and team productivity and effectiveness. Too many people try to make this complicated when it’s far better to keep it simple. For example … Mission, Vision, Purpose, Strategies, Tactics, Initiatives, Executions, Objectives, Goals, Targets, Metrics, KPIs, Results and so on. Lots of terminology for related (and sometimes the same)
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Prioritize your focus
I tend to think about things that catch my eye. Today it’s the difference between Prioritizing and Focusing. This started with something I read in the book ‘The Laws of Subtraction’ by Matthew E. May. The author had interviewed John Maeda who, in turn, shared his thoughts about priority and focus. I often use these
And, of course, my older posts (on various topics that seemed important to me at the time) are still available. Check out my archive if you wish.
I’m sharing ideas you can use every day. If you want to put your career on a higher trajectory, you just need to take the first step.
Any questions?
I’m happy to discuss what I’m doing … and why.