Calendar Space

Often we are governed by our calendars. How far out are you booked? Does this give you comfort or make you feel overwhelmed? Ive noticed that people are affected differently. Do you love an empty calendar or does the space terrify you? Is a full calendar comforting or is being that busy make you feel [...]

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Writing in Others Space

A colleague of mine Jim Taggart  invited me to write in his space, to provide a guest blog post on his blog, Changing Winds.  This act of sharing space meant my words may be read by people that he knew, not just people I know. Somehow this made me pay a little more attention to [...]

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Making Space

Leaders of organizations sometimes make space by removing employees.  They remove the person from a job through a layoff, intending to remove the job function. It is not until the person is gone that sometimes it is recognized that the social fabric is also damaged, that the interdependent relationships and organizational knowledge the person had [...]

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Connections

As we connect with others on LinkedIN, Facebook, Twitter adding more and more  connections it seems that the more people you know the better.  Only 6 degrees away from everyone. Pretty soon everyone will know everyone. Or will they?  What does it mean to be connected? Does it mean I trust you, I know you [...]

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Are You Busy?

As a consultant Im often asked “Are you busy?”  In pondering this question there are so manyassumptions one might make both in the answering and in the asking.  Here just might be the intention behind this question.
Do you have time to take on more work?
Are you struggling to find work?
Am I bothering or interrupting you [...]

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