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Uncollaborative Organizations and Premature Commitment “What do you mean you can’t ship? This is a big deal. They need the product. We spent weeks working to land this contract. What am I going to say to these people?” Ever heard these questions from sales when the operations people say that they cannot meet the deliveryRead more about Ending Pointless Organizational Conflict[…]
The first time I heard the song Dazed and Confused by Led Zeppelin, it was from a Sony reel to reel tape deck near the bank of a Mt. Jefferson Wilderness Area high lake. I was mesmerized by the haunting guitar intro and the heartfelt cry of Robert Plant’s voice as it echoed from shoreRead more about Dazed and Confused[…]
“Capital Journal collecting sir.” He just looked at me through his screened front door with a look on his face that was a mix of astonishment, shock, and concern. I suppose that would be the normal reaction upon seeing a young 11-year-old boy, with a dog hanging silently from his arm, attempting to be completelyRead more about What If it Bites?[…]
What I had forgotten was this: respect is not an expectation. Respect is a gift that others give to you.
Whether it was raining, windy, cold, or hot, this ten-year-old kid delivered papers for the Salem Capital Journal every afternoon except on Sundays. The route was important to me. As a kid, I liked to save the money I made and buy things I really wanted. For example, I bought and put together this reallyRead more about What My Paper Route Taught Me About Continuous Improvement[…]
It was 47 years ago, on a rainy fall Friday evening where I sat on the bench watching my team be frustrated by the other civil war rival from across town. It was the city’s biggest event of the year – the two high school football teams duking it out every fall before a standingRead more about I Want the Ball[…]
During a recent board meeting, the question was informally asked about why we seem to have such a hard time getting things done. It was actually Rosanna who posed the question, “Right now, everything we do is a needs based project and we seem to just hope that somebody will step up and take theRead more about Somebody Will Take Care Of It[…]
Surprised, I awkwardly turned, thinking that I had heard someone at my office door. But upon inspection, no one was there; just the unrelenting roar of the factory. Over the months that I had worked at my job, the roar and vibration of the factory had become invisible to me and what brought me consciousRead more about Awkward, Passive, and Intense[…]
In the realm of information technology there is nothing quite like an information system startup. The new system is installed; we hit the “on” switch; and voilà… “Here it is,” we say out loud, pounding our chests with a high degree of enthusiastic pride. “We’ve just changed our world.” However, maybe we should have beenRead more about Leveraging the Value of Your Information System[…]
CL/TalkLeft.com The other night when out with a group of acquaintances, namely my wife and her friends, we were all having a really great time until… The “until” is when some asks me what I do. I hate that question. “I’m an industrial organizational psychologist,” I say. “You’re a psychologist”, they respond astoundingly. “Yes”,Read more about The Usual Suspects[…]