According to research, motivational posters generally do not work. In fact, even the most impressive image loses its motivational force if you are exposed to it for an extended time, and undermines your natural desire to work better. Conversely, if you are exposed long enough to what, in all honesty, is a DEmotivational poster – […]
Productivity Surveillance
Do you use surveillance or “productivity monitoring” tools at work? Whether you adopt WFH or hybrid or in-person, there’s a good chance that you are being monitored. Quite a few companies still use punch clocks. Perhaps digital and contactless today, the punch clock is the oldest surveillance tool that comes to my mind and I […]
ROGERS OUTAGE – Part III: Strategic Management of Shareholder Value: Coincidences?
This is Part 3 of Rogers Outage Assessment by End User. You can also read Part 1 – The Five Forces of Oligopoly and Part 2 – Cultural Assessment and the Root Cause. Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications expected to have their merger to be closed by July 31. It must be a coincidence, but […]
ROGERS OUTAGE – Part II: Cultural Assessment and the Root Cause
This is Part 2 of Rogers Outage Assessment by End User. Read Part 1 – The Five Forces of Oligopoly – here. When visiting a new country, one can instantly gauge the level of trust between the population and the government, just by watching people how on the street interact with the police. Similarly, the […]
Calm Down.
Is it Thursday yet? I just read somewhere that Thursday is the worst day of the week for many employees – especially for those of us who want to establish that divine work-life balance… By Thursday, they may easily blow the lid unless the pressure is released by a 5-to-7 beer or by the prospect […]
Lawsuit Against Glassdoor: a Legal Scam?
Some legal firm from the US approached a local business owner offering him help to file a lawsuit against former employees who continue leaving “defamatory” reviews on Glassdoor. Essentially, they suggest hiring them to wriggle the “offenders’” identities from Glassdoor and then sue the insulters for “substantial damages caused by defamatory reviews,” thereby sending a […]
ROGERS OUTAGE: Strategic Analysis by End user (part I)
The Five Forces That Shaped Oligopoly Rogers Communications is by far the largest all-sorts-of-communications provider in Canada. Rogers is the most successful and prosperous one in Canada (and arguably in the world): it has more mobile subscribers than any of its rivals, while the mobile tariffs in Canada would make any other operator gasp in […]
Work Smart
“Working smart” — is when you do whatever is expected from you within regular hours. If you mention “working hard” regularly, for whatever reason – that means something is missing. However, if you’re having fun at work 12 hours a day, while still contributing to society and getting a fair reward for your efforts, then […]
Servant Leadership
Are you already in the office, working hard, fueling your exceptional productivity with coffee? Good. But does your team know that you are an exceptionally good leader? Do not forget to share a snapshot of your coffee with your team. Just to lead by example. But humbly. Do not say anything else. Note that showing […]
Lean Email with 5S
How many unread emails are in your mailbox now? Dozens? Hundreds? A year ago, one executive complained to me that he had over 3000 emails in his inbox, most of them unread. Six months later, he updated the figure to 5000, i.e. his unread backlog is growing slowly but surely, and so does his frustration. […]