The 5 minute presentation
Do you find it ironic that searching youtube for how to make a 5 minute presentation comes back with videos 8 minutes long or longer?
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Author: Doc
Dr. Leland Holmquest has designed and architected knowledge management systems for US Navy, US Army, and Microsoft. His research has identified positive psychology (authentic happiness theory and psychological contracts) as an effective lens for understanding human behaviors in knowledge management systems.
Doc now seeks to share that knowledge with others and make the world a better place.
Chernobyl: The case for culture
I began my career as a nuclear reactor operator on submarines for the US Navy. (A lot of my stories and analogies come from that experience.) Read More…
Value of the Fixed Mindset
The value of a closed mindset is your day is very predictable.Anonymous
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Right job, right tool. Wrong tool, you fool!
“I hate SharePoint.” I always love when a conversation begins this way. We can only go up from here. When I was in consulting roles, I would fRead More…
The Value of Innovation
I like to write about buzzwords. Often, we get caught drinking from the buzzword firehose that is being forced down our throats without being given aRead More…
Factors of Motivation
A happy worker is a productive worker. Or, is a productive worker a happy worker? What motivates productivity in the workplace? And what can be done Read More…
What makes a great boss?
I read a very interesting article on the subject of being a great leader: 9 hidden qualities only exceptional bosses possess. The author hits somRead More…
It’s all about TRUST
Over the years, there is a concept that keeps coming up in every confrontation, dysfunctional, and otherwise less than optimal situations that I encoRead More…