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March 28, 2023February 16, 2023

The smartest person in the room is rarely the one that gets the job completed.

Let us start by saying I have a healthy ego. It has taken me years to reconcile the fact that being right about a question, subject, or topic does not equate to being effective. Interestingly, it is the smartest people in the room that are most likely to derail an otherwise effective meeting or project…

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March 14, 2023March 13, 2023

Workplace design has never been more important, but overanalysis can be extremely dangerous.

The pandemic is over! The pandemic is over! I’ve heard the cries up and down the streets worldwide from individuals, colleagues, business leaders, and governments. The declaration of freedom has been loud and excited from all quarters. The theory seems to be that by saying it often enough will also mean that it never happened….

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January 25, 2023

Requiring people in the office seems to be the “Idea of Year 2023” based on headlines.

My first post of the year was about the fallacy behind “needing people in the office.” Unexpectedly to me, the idea that employees must be in the office a set number of days every week has grown momentum. I have been forced to step back and look at this idea from a fresh angle just…

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