We live in environments overloaded with information, stimulation and distraction. It’s so easy to get lost in the alleyways of the information highway or sucked into distraction with various mental or physical stimulants. There’s so much available to us it is simply overwhelming. There is a concept in of science and engineering called “signal to… Read More
Emergent Happiness
There’s an excellent post at The Good Vader by Julio Lara about the “Anatomy of a Happy Life.” He indicates freedom, variety and change are essential. He talks of his personal experience and observations which I find correlate well with my own. A few key points popped out at me including: not allowing our physical… Read More
Workplace Bullying
I wrote a post about bullying back in January centered about bullying in school. The thing is bullying happens throughout our lives. I was swapping stories with my spouse about work and reflected on bullying. My wife is an engineer who is being placed in a management role within a highly competitive male-oriented environment. She… Read More
It’s up to You
“Things aren’t gonna change unless you do.” These was said to me in a conversation with Ron, the gentleman who checks people in at the doctor’s office. We were discussing having fun with what we do. Both of observed that more than half the people we interact with complain about things and most especially work.… Read More
Minding Our Leadership Gap
Last time we spoke of feedback through auditing, interviews, and the like. Even going to the doctor is a form of feedback albeit less formal than audits or interviews. However, I know some folks who are just as stressed out by doctors as interviews and audits. We also spoke of the leadership gap between what… Read More
An Honest Day’s Work
Just because we show up to work doesn’t mean we work the full day. We all have inefficiencies. There are distractions. There are interruptions that take our focus off the task at hand. In science, there are no methods of work that are 100% effective. The second law of thermodynamics which deals with disorder and… Read More
Our Behavior Begets Success
I recently had a parent teacher conference. My eight year old daughter is doing well. She improved from the first conference this year. What struck me is a discussion we had with the teacher about behavior. The list of behaviors of behaviors evaluated are: takes pride in work, works independently does neat work positive attitude… Read More
Bullies are a Gift
“Junior high was actually sort of hard because I got dumped by this group of girls.” “They didn’t think I was cool or pretty enough, so they stopped talking to me.” A year into her career, Taylor Swift returned to perform int he place where earlier she’d been mocked (and bullied) -and saw the girls… Read More
Business of You 