by Dwayne Phillips Whatever it is we are doing, there are probably other people doing much the same thing. Sometimes we have to look in the dirt to notice their footprints. My wife and I went “hiking” (walking in the woods) recently in the Shenandoah National Park. The trails were pretty easy to follow – […]
Entries Tagged as 'Observation'
Nike was Here
August 25th, 2011 · No Comments
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Osama bin Laden Celebration – part 2
May 3rd, 2011 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips This is a famous photograph taken during the celebration that ensued when victory in Europe WW II was celebrated. Victory was being celebrated as in “we won.” Also being celebrated was that the killing stopped. The sailor kissing the girl wasn’t going to be killed. How does this relate to Osama bin […]
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Osama bin Laden
May 3rd, 2011 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I was shocked Monday morning as I opened the Washington Post web site. bin Laden is dead, killed by the U.S. military. I scrolled around and looked at a few other web sites. I really didn’t believe the news for a while. Then I looked around the web and listened to talk […]
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I Like This More Than That
February 24th, 2011 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips We do the things we do because we choose to do them from among all the other choices we have. These choices can be light hearted and they can be rather dark and scary. I learned a few things about myself in the past couple of weeks. For one, I like writing […]
Tags: Change · Choose · Excuses · Observation
The MOI Model – part 3 of 3 – Information
January 6th, 2011 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips The vast majority of people need some type of information. There is, however, a limit to information that leads to effectiveness. Adding more information after this limit only leads to lesser effectiveness. Here are a few posts on the MOI model from author and consultant Jerry Weinberg. The MOI model comprises three […]
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The MOI Model – part 2 of 3 – Organization
January 3rd, 2011 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips The vast majority of people need some type of organization. There is, however, a limit to organization that leads to effectiveness. Adding more organization after this limit only leads to lesser effectiveness. Here are a few posts on the MOI model from author and consultant Jerry Weinberg. The MOI model comprises three […]
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The MOI Model – part 1 of 3 – Motivation
December 30th, 2010 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips The vast majority of people need some type of motivation. There is, however, a limit to motivation that leads to effectiveness. Adding more motivation after this limit only leads to lesser effectiveness. Here are a few posts on the MOI model from author and consultant Jerry Weinberg. The MOI model comprises three […]
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The “Notice-er”
July 26th, 2010 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Life is full of interesting things. All we have to do is notice them. To do so, I have learned to keep my “notice-er” engaged. I have also learned how to keep and use the noticed things. At a recent public gather, a friend stood to give a five-minute speech. This five-minute […]
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Difficult Just Got a Lot Easier … Part 2
February 18th, 2010 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Events in life and work can be separated widely by time and space. They can also be two parts of the same story. Connected separated events grows valuable knowledge as long as we can make the connection. My family and I were caught in a snow storm in December on Interstate 81. […]
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People are Watching
December 10th, 2009 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips If you are a leader or manager, the people who work with and for you are watching and listening. Bob Sutton recently had a blog post with the theme being, leaders get the behavior they model and tolerate Most leaders and managers understand this little concept. Most manageres even agree with this […]
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