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Entries Tagged as 'Change'

A Lack of Urgency (Energy)

April 13th, 2009 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Most meetings are a waste of time and most meetings are conducted by educated, intelligent, and accomplished people. These contradictions fit when I realized that the people conducting the worthless meetings simply didn’t have the energy to make them worthwhile. I needed another tact besides sighing and suffering. I have sat in […]

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Tags: Change · Management · Meetings

Just In Time Technology

April 7th, 2009 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Kids today. They do new things at dizzying speeds. Sometimes it is a big waste of time, but sometimes it is quite productive. They are entering the work force in droves, so be ready. Yesterday 6AM – I wake my son. He wanted to ask me something about headphones, so he left […]

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Tags: Change · Generation Y · Technology

The Fable of the Watermelon Monsters

March 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Bringing about change in a group of people is perhaps the most difficult task anyone can undertake. An old fable sheds light on one technique for encouraging change. I wish I knew the origin of this little fable. I hope that I relay it well enough. Anyways, here goes: Once upon a […]

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Tags: Change · Culture · Fable · Learning · Management · People