• Habit # 06 - Synergize
    Feb 7 2024

    If you thought “synergy” was yet another buzzword from the 80s (or 90s … ), like synchronicity, then you would be mistaken … unless you meant, like, 80 BC (or earlier).

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    4 mins
  • What to Do When There Is Too Much to Do
    Feb 6 2024

    If you have been following along the current best practices you know that the answer is not … “multitask.”  But is that advice even possible to follow?

    https://www.etsy.com/listing/1632838223/tech-team-building-buzz-word-bingo

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    4 mins
  • Habit 5: Seek First To Understand, Then To Be Understood
    Nov 10 2023

    This is all about empathic listening … listening to understand … not just waiting for the other guy to finish so that you can say what is on your mind


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    4 mins
  • Technology Leadership and Adler's Three Pillars
    Oct 18 2023

    Would it be outrageous for me to suggest that the primary function of leadership is to teach?  Because the primary function of teaching is to lead …

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    3 mins
  • Habit 4: Think Win-Win
    Oct 4 2023

    You can’t turn around without stubbing your toe on win/win solutions … everybody talks that talk.  

    We hear about win/win quite a bit.  It is a buzzword mercilessly deployed by salespeople who at least pay it lip service.  Reality may not be so kind, though.

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    5 mins
  • TQM and A Growth Mindset
    Sep 11 2023

    Have you ever worked in - or with - an organization that really has taken the Quality message to heart?

    spl.drwill.co/freeconsult

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    5 mins
  • Searching For A Solution
    Aug 31 2023

    Jon is looking for a software solution for a specific problem - business model, actually.  Seems he’s outgrown his spreadsheet.

    Jon “… suppl[ies] furniture to clients on an 'as and when' basis - i.e. we don't hold stock but order individual pieces for each client …” so he needs a solution that will “keep track on deliveries arriving to our office for purchases we've made on clients behalf.”

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    4 mins
  • Bridge - Paradigms of Interdependence
    Aug 7 2023

    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is organized into two sections - Private Victory and Public Victory.  “Paradigms of Interdependence” is the bridge between them.

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    5 mins