by Dwayne Phillips I find a little trick that helps me write something “for the record” each day. I write. I tell myself that every day. Most days that is true. Most days I will write something of some substance or “for the record.” I have worked from home for the past six months (almost […]
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WDYWT?
October 15th, 2020 · No Comments
Tags: Adapting · Remote Work · Systems · Tools · Visibility · Writing
That’s Not It!
September 28th, 2020 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips One of the better things to do in a thinking meeting is to find things you don’t want to do. “That’s not it!” is one of the better things you can hear at a thinking meeting. For example, a few years or decades ago—I lose track—I was standing at the white board […]
Tags: Ideas · Meetings · Success · Thinking · Visibility
Hiding Information and Ignorance
June 15th, 2020 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips “I don’t know” and “I don’t want to say” are close cousins. They also carry much information if we are willing to listen. “I don’t know.” “I can’t say.” “I don’t want to say anything now as I may be divulging too much or incorrect information.” Would you please tell me something? […]
Tags: Information · Questions · Uncategorized · Visibility · Work
I Just ____-ed My Brain
May 9th, 2019 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips We (or at least I) need a word for those little things that give us (me) headaches. The waiter at the restaurant walked by. He had a band-aid on his thumb. “Yeah,” he acknowledged. “I just cut or burned for scraped or something my thumb and put a band-aid on it.” The […]
Tags: Injury · Meetings · Visibility
Please Draw Me a Picture of This
April 16th, 2018 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips If we can’t provide a simple representation of a system, perhaps we have a mess and not a system. A: Can you draw me a picture of this? Something that shows how all the parts fit together? B: Uh, well, no. No one has ever asked for such. A: Well, I’m new […]
Tags: Communication · Conversation · Systems · Technology · Visibility