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Show what you mean

“Saying what you mean” may be a great way to build a strong friendship. It is not, however, a great way to build website navigation, or a presentation visual.
It is not that words are lame. They are wonderful, precise, meaningful. But they do not provide the immediate understanding visuals carry. Reading is a complex, fairly [...]

Leaders aren’t born. They are made.

“Leaders aren’t born. They are made.”
Vince Lombardi

The stroke of insight of Jill Bolte Taylor

Jill Bolte Taylor is a brain scientist. So you will soon understand the extraordinary insight she got when one morning, she woke up with a terrible pain on the left temporal lobe. As a person, she was both living an intense connective experience and a struggle for survival against a stroke. As a scientist, she [...]

Gen Y + Gen X > 1.5 x Boom

I have always liked the style (and obviously seriousness) of Deloitte publications.

Intranet trends

As I was doing some competitive research on Enterprise 2.0, I found this report by Intranet Benchmarking Forum, dated 02 January 2008, on Intranets and Portals Trends for 2008. In a nutshell? Prime time.
Where are intranets and portals going in 2008 and beyond? What will be the hot topics for intranet managers? The IBF charts [...]

Who you are guides what you do and what you are looking for

Admittedly, this title is not going to get me a Pulitzer prize, but just check it out. I just completed the Strengths Finder 2.0 survey, from Gallup. This survey is a set of 177 questions, where you need to define your position on a range between two assertions each time.
At the end, you get a [...]

The "Reduction to Absurdity" approach

I remember (not fondly) the 2 years of engineering school prep-class I spent in Math. Sup M and Math. Spe M*, more than 13 years ago now. We were fed, or rather filled, with mathematical and physics theories 40 hours per week. These theories had hardly any application in our everyday’s world, for most of [...]

1, 2, 3… Engage!!!

According to a recent 2007 Global Workforce Study by Towers Perrin, Stamford, Connecticut, a staggering 79% employees consider themselves not engaged in their work. And three quarters said their management doesn’t do enough to help them fully engage and contribute to their companies’ success.
These results are based on a survey of almost 90,000 workers [...]

To act or do nothing, that is the (other important) question

I read this morning an interesting article in Le Monde - New York Times Section. In summary, it presents a quick overview of some recent studies of preferences for action or inaction when situations arise, their impact on success and self-worth, and what may cause such a preference.
The text was informative, but one [...]

Cold you may be but don’t warm yourself by the fire, Buddha of snow!

“Cold you may be but don’t warm yourself by the fire, Buddha of snow!”
Yamazaki Sokan

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