7 ways to catch your breath – from lifehack.org
This is a wonderful post on Lifehack on how to counter periods of extreme pressure. There is a lot of sound advice here, and much that will make sense even if you're not totally out of Breath
When life leaves you gasping for air there are ways to catch your breath, but they seem impossibly distant at the time. When you are in the middle of trouble, just trying to survive, solutions seem out of reach. The best you can do is prepare yourself in advance by learning these 7 ways to catch your breath, before you need to use them:
7 ways to catch your breath - lifehack.org
- Jens Poder
november 13, 2007 | Filed Under Lifehacking | 1 Comment
Managing Innovation fails in most organizations
BNET writes on Managers own view on innovation contra the views of their employees. Apparently most managers believe that it's easy for new ideas to travel from the cubicles to the top of the company. This of course wishfull thinking beyond the borders of saneness.
Most CEOs would like to believe theyre open to innovation its the business watchword of our age. According to management professor Bob Sutton, however, few executives actually understand what it takes to be tackle change head-on. For true innovation to happen, employees have to be able to take [a] risk and fail. They also have to feel that they are free to speak out, says Sutton. Executives may talk a lot about innovation but at the same time punish the employees who go out on a limb.
Part 2: Low Marks for Managing Innovation on BNET
Check it out!
- Jens Poder