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Everyday Stories, Lived

Work

  • A Century of Interchangeable, Disposable Labor (from Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?)

    Just over a century ago, leaders of our society started building a system that is now so ingrained, most of us assume that it’s always been here and always will be.We continue to operate as if that system is still here, but every day we do that is a day wasted, dollars lost, an opportunity… Read more

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  • SMART goals

    Whether starting a project or leading people, it’s essential to be smart with your goals. From the paper of George T. Duran (1981), he suggested that objectives should be: Specific — target a specific area for improvement.Measurable — quantify or at least suggest an indicator of progress.Assignable — specify who will do it.Realistic — state… Read more

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  • Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity (VUCA)

    Further reading: What Does VUCA Really Mean? Read more

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  • In search for a better project or a better boss

    “Perhaps your challenge isn’t finding a better project or a better boss. Perhaps you need to get in touch with what it means to feel passionate. People with passion look for ways to make things happen.” — Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? Read more

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  • On being late in meetings

    “What happens when you have a scheduled meeting but some of the participants don’t show up on time? (In a cross-cultural world, with different habits, practices, and preferences with regard to time, coordinating our work—especially our global work—will become increasingly complex.) Those who are on time are left to make awkward conversation, while tardy members… Read more

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  • Moving on, forward

    When you are still starting at work, you are open to anything; open to people, ideas and manners, and work ethics. But then, as time wears on and you begin to know more about them, their peculiarities, and shortcomings, you start to reassess your values against theirs. And when you discover a mismatch, you begin… Read more

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  • The pitch

    The pitch

    If you’ve visited the vicinity of the Petronas Twin Towers, most probably, you’ve exchanged a few words with a marketer or two. They are the ones who offer to take your photo at a price, or better yet, to buy from them phone camera lenses like the ones they are using. These marketers will try… Read more

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