On Building a Ship
October 28, 2009 by Dee Gardner
Filed under Advice, Owner Thinking
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. – – – from the blog of Inkling Corporate blog
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Of Hurricanes and Idiots
October 26, 2009 by Dee Gardner
Filed under Advice, Social Media
Why are there always a few idiots who stay when asked to evacuate hang out thinking that God and Mother Nature will spare them. They can’t believe their beach front property with foundations of sand will withstand the storm. Then don’t want to believe the warnings, because they are too lazy to move or just [...]
Poor Management Kills Another Good Idea.
October 20, 2009 by Dee Gardner
Filed under Owner Thinking, Pay for Performace
While I thought a bunch of what happened while George Jr was in the White House. However, the NSPS (National Security Personnel System) was a good idea. Even Obama advocates a similar system for public school teachers. Teacher Pay Redesign
There has been some press about the death of the NSPS. It is [...]
Odd Man Out Economics
October 20, 2009 by Dee Gardner
Filed under Advice, Social Media, Web Technology
This is a very interesting video. If what he is saying is true we all need to think a bit more about how we present our products and services.
More News about Twitter problems
October 18, 2009 by Dee Gardner
Filed under Social Media
I found this site with a twitter API developers group. Twitter Problems Google group
Twitter down?
October 18, 2009 by Dee Gardner
Filed under Social Media
I usually don’t check twitter on Sundays. But I checked it this morning and was down. If anyone else is having the same problem let me know.
Google Wave Explained Simply
October 10, 2009 by Dee Gardner
Filed under Social Media
I’ve had a developers wave account since July 2009. I finally got an invite a couple of weeks ago. I invited a few of my friends and I have a couple of invites if you are interested. I found this video which explains it very well and is entertaining too.
No Cost Motivation – Make sure you do it correctly
October 10, 2009 by Dee Gardner
Filed under Advice, Owner Thinking
I just read this article The No-Cost Way to Motivate – BusinessWeek by Patrick Lencioni.
The article basically suggests that managers need to be more aware of the lives of the people the manage. I think it doesn’t go far enough.
I believe managers should have conversations with people they manage. Then need [...]