I wrote about this some time ago, but I believe it is worth a repost. Some of you may dislike any manual labor, I understand, but bear with me. I remember how my dear friend Victor once embarked in painting his parent’s house. “It is the one job I have...
Dings, beeps and popups? Constantly interrupted? Cannot get real work done? Seem to have a fog in your mind? This is the book for you. In today’s always-on culture, we are constantly at the mercy of the Inbox, whatever it may come from.Work evolved from memos...
During the recent efforts by many governments to get more people vaccinated, one of the most visible ones has been the “vaccine lottery”. There are a couple of things to learn here from the results. First, the overall premise of the vaccine lottery is that...
When I was contemplating launching this 365 effort, I needed some kind of system/process support to handle several requirements in an automatic fashion. Being a one-man effort, I needed the system to be almost a “set it and forget it” thing, and in that...
A lot has been said and written about this one. Solution-selling was also in-vogue about a decade ago. At the time, it meant selling working systems instead of their individual parts (or at least this is how I remember it). This came with the uptake of professional...
This is one of the classics in management and accountability. If you haven’t heard about it yet, you certainly should! In a world of endless follow-ups and verifications, you will appreciate the simple virtue of Message to Garcia. I heard it is apparently a work of...
