NonsenseAtWork

#85: Stand for the right to be against any solution 27.02.2020 1:00 ↓

I stand for the right to be against any solution until I get hurt by the problem.

#84: Innovation at work is often a creative waste of time 26.02.2020 1:00 ↓

Unless your business is the art of the new, it is better to teach focused action than free association.

#83: Why people don’t behave according to your strategies and instructions 25.02.2020 1:00 ↓

To deal with the information overload, we use mental shortcuts to make quick deductions and draw rapid conclusions.

#82: Gallery boost for your business is no team building time-waster 20.02.2020 1:00 ↓

Trying to make sense of visual art is a good way of exploring perceptions and practicing to see differently.

#81: This cubicle can predict whether your business will sink or soar 19.02.2020 1:00 ↓

This cubicle shows how much you respect your employees and visitors, and how much they respect your company.

#80: We will feel nice if you stop being a nice boss 18.02.2020 1:00 ↓

Can a nice boss really make a difference? Will it boost your confidence, your performance, your commitment? I don’t think so.

#79: Be warned, your smiley face can trigger my glaring frown 17.02.2020 1:00 ↓

Researchers have shown that it can backfire on you to make positive statements about yourself, which you don’t really believe. I think the same happens when someone who sprouts can-do affirmations to boost his aura triggers my nonsense detector.

#78: Understand context or be swept along with the rabble 13.02.2020 1:00 ↓

People in the same context may experience it differently.

#77: A trade in noisy disagreements is not a meaningful debate 12.02.2020 1:00 ↓

What happens in Washington is not a debate.

#76: It’s time to change your default setting 10.02.2020 1:00 ↓

We all start out with a default setting. What matters is whether or not you have changed yours.

#75: How to prevent unintended thinking consequences 06.02.2020 1:00 ↓

It’s wiser to sound foolish before than look stupid after.

#74 If you want to be a leader, first be a time traveler 04.02.2020 1:00 ↓

You must be able to imagine the future and to explain how best to act today to prepare for that future.

#73: If outcomes don’t matter, then practice single-minded multi-tasking 03.02.2020 1:00 ↓

Multi-tasking works well enough if the outcomes of the different tasks that you are doing at once don’t matter much.

#72: You will be left behind if you mistakenly follow right 30.01.2020 1:00 ↓

Why do we only have positive role models?

#71: When in self-doubt, talk negative to do it 29.01.2020 1:00 ↓

If you don't believe in yourself, better to tell yourself that you cannot do it.

#70: Encourage your pet pessimist 28.01.2020 1:00 ↓

 Do you have a pet pessimist at work? Good. Every organization should have at least one.

#69: You can peak wiser if you trend carefully 23.01.2020 1:00 ↓

 Go for slow burn, not burn out, in your career, your start-up, your business plan, your relationships and so on. 

#68: Should you dress to impress when working from home? 21.01.2020 1:00 ↓

I’ve always realized the truth in “dress to impress.” What I did not realize is that the person most often in need of being impressed is me.

#67: I plan to be seduced quickly. So should you. 16.01.2020 1:00 ↓

Don't squander precious time to save a few measly bucks.

#66: Give in now or be exhausted by June 14.01.2020 1:00 ↓

You might believe that life is a constant struggle, but I commit to success through the Easy Way.

#65: The year of resolutely obeying Dear Prudence 09.01.2020 1:00 ↓

I’m going to be a prude, as in prudent. I plan to avoid undesired consequences.

#64: How to be irritated into a better you 07.01.2020 1:00 ↓

Make a small resolution with huge clout. Meet a real friend a week and be irritated into being a better you.

#63: Bless your headwind, not your tailwind 03.01.2020 1:00 ↓

To soar with the eagles, welcome the wind in your face.

#62: Connect your manners to build relationships 02.01.2020 1:00 ↓

By all means reach out to others, but please handle the connection with care. Mind your manners.

#61: To make it stick, resolve to behave badly 02.01.2020 1:00 ↓

It’s so much easier to make resolutions stick if you start off from a low base.