Zopas zag ik op de hele goede blog die ik volg (van Pedro Debruyckere) een post met een link naar een YouTube video van Arjan Lubach, over “Kleurentesten & persoonlijkheidstypen”. Een hilarische video waarin Lubach op zijn onnavolgbare manier nog maar eens de draak steekt met de wetenschappelijkheid van dergelijke testen. Ik had het vroeger […]
Category: business_management
A recent blogpost from GapingVoid … so true! Arnold. The Door is Not the Problem Have you ever pushed a door that was supposed to be pulled? Activated the wrong heating pad on the oven? Fumbled with the parking brake in your car? Designers call this the gap between “affordances” and “signifiers.” Fancy, right? Affordances […]
Another viewpoint from Seth Godin: Broken (and not worth fixing) In one corner of the parking garage near my office, there’s no reception for a car’s satellite radio. This is clearly broken, but it’s also not a problem. Certainly not a problem worth anyone’s attention when there are so many other problems to […]
Another Seth Godin post: Decisions as effort Why are we more likely to get tasks done than to take on new initiatives? Checking something off a to-do list requires far less emotional energy than adding something to the list was in the first place. As is often the case, “resistance” is the answer. […]
Tanmay Vora describes the “7 Deadly Sins of Psychological Safety” in this blogpost. A must read for executives, managers, supervisors ☺ Arnold 7 Deadly Sins of Psychological Safety 7 Deadly Sins of Psychological Safety Language plays a crucial role in building a culture of safety. This post outlines ways to […]
Below, a very interesting post about how one could unlock tacit knowledge (= the knowledge that is ‘locked’ within people (their experiences, skills, insights and judgements … locked in their brains). AKA: you don’t know what you know 🙂 Read the full post here
Another nice blogpost from QAspire, about the difference between efficiency and productivity! Efficiency: do things right (= as good as possible) (in Dutch: efficientie) Productivity: do the right things (in Dutch: effectiviteit). … For Dutch speaking people, check this Wikipedia entry This is the full post:Efficiency and Productivity: The Balance that Drives Success […]
Een post van Seth Godin, iemand wiens blog ik al volg … en die veel interessants te vertellen heeft 🙂 Deze gaat over het maken van een audio opname waarin je je bekommernissen, ergernissen, ervaringen, hoop, …. over een bepaald thema, project, … beschrijft. Zodat je hier later kunt op terugvallen, als de nood het […]
“Help others get ahead. You will always stand taller with someone else on your shoulders.”, Bob Moawad
Thanks to David Gurteen for pointing me to an older blog post of him, and to a newer blog post of Steve Denning (the “story telling” guru), who is talking about the same issue: the language used in HR Departments to describe people: Human Resources, or Human Capital, or Talents, and how this affects the […]