Businessweek have an article on medation in the workplace. Vice president Dave Jakubowski of Internet service provider United Online recently turned to a mat and 60 minutes of silence a day, and says
"I'm in business, and I need results. It's amazing. I'm able to sort through work challenges in this state of … Continue Reading ››
Tips for returning from a vacation
The summer holidays are ending and as you or your colleagues return to work, it's worth taking a moment to think about the best way to ease back into your job. Sometimes it seems as if all the energy you've gained on your vacation disappears very quickly, so here's some tips on how to keep … Continue Reading ››
Most read posts in june
These are the mosts popular posts in june:
Psychological test
Selling fish in Seattle - and having fun
Possibly the best music video ever
Generosity in action
Book review: The fifth discipline
How Denmark won the 1992 european soccer championship
Hosting
Book review: Getting to yes
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Psychological test
Selling fish in Seattle - and having fun
Possibly the best music video ever
Generosity in action
Book review: The fifth discipline
How Denmark won the 1992 european soccer championship
Hosting
Book review: Getting to yes
Continue Reading ››
Guru meditation
Full marks to Tveskov for knowing the answer to a previous question, and for the additional explanation.
I've heard a different legend of the origin of guru meditation: It is said that the developers were playing with a new input device which was a balancing board that you stood on, and … Continue Reading ››
I've heard a different legend of the origin of guru meditation: It is said that the developers were playing with a new input device which was a balancing board that you stood on, and … Continue Reading ››
Politics and the internet
The future of politics is currently being shaped by the Howard Dean presidential campaign in the US: The results of self-organizing are not only more people, but more ideas about how to do local politics. The idea of sending 30,000 letters to Iowa at the last Dean Meetup came from the grassroots, and that has … Continue Reading ››
Pride on the job
Once again an excellent article from Fast Company on the importance on pride at work.
There`s one thing I'd like to add, namely that you can't "do pride". Pride is not a practice, it is the result of one or more practices. The article even shows some of these practices like caring for … Continue Reading ››
There`s one thing I'd like to add, namely that you can't "do pride". Pride is not a practice, it is the result of one or more practices. The article even shows some of these practices like caring for … Continue Reading ››
Book review: Small world
It is hardly news anymore, but there is a definite shift going on in science. Where the focus used to be almost exlusively on reductionism ie. an effort to understand the world by looking at ever smaller pieces and trying to understand them separately, now more and more attention is spent on the relations between … Continue Reading ››
Book review: The tipping point
Look at the world around you. It may seem like an immovable, implacable place. It is not. With the slightest push - in just the right place - it can be tipped.
This is how Malcolm Gladwell ends his book The tipping point, subtitled "how little things can make a big difference". Throughout the book … Continue Reading ››
Book review: Summerland
Michael Chabon is a writer with a talent for writing fantastic stories based squarely in everyday life and american popular culture. This was obvious in his masterpiece "The amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clay" which had it's roots in the golden age of american comics, but it finds a new, wonderful expression in Continue Reading ››
Job satisfaction and the bottom line
Gallup have a report from a study involving 200.000 emplyees from 36 different companies, that clearly links high job satisfaction with good financial results. Among other things the report shows that satisfied employees result in:
* Much lower employee turnover rates
* Higher customer loyalty
* Higher sales
* Higher profit margins
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* Much lower employee turnover rates
* Higher customer loyalty
* Higher sales
* Higher profit margins
This … Continue Reading ››