Optimists are positive, upbeat, and enthusiastic. Pessimists are realistic, cautious, and somewhat negative. Optimists are full of ideas. Pessimists tend to oppose new ideas because they focus on all of the bad things that could happen if those ideas were put into practice. Thus, this can sometimes lead to conflict at work. On a team(…)
At work, we recently had a “cleaning day.” My coworkers and I cleaned up our offices and our suite’s common areas. My desk looked pretty good afterwards – for about a week. But then the clutter just started to creep back in. My desk is pretty messy now, as it is most of the time.(…)
We all forget things from time to time. We forget to return an email or complete a task at work. We forget a project that we worked on a few years ago. We forget clients’ names. And we’re usually pretty hard on ourselves because of it. But according to recent research, being forgetful is not(…)
Quite a long time ago, I realized that when something goes wrong at work, we can waste a lot of time trying to figure out who the “culprit” is. Perhaps the habit is developed in our educational systems! When I was a small boy, some teachers would refuse to let anything go until someone owned(…)
There’s an old adage that goes, “don’t re-invent the wheel” when it comes to creating new concepts, programs, or projects. Instead, try making something better through innovation! A simple way to define innovation is to think of it as problem solving. Contrary to what many people may think, innovation is different from invention, in that when you(…)
Multipliers bring out the intelligence in others. They build collective, viral intelligence in organizations. Everyone around them gets smarter and more capable. Multipliers invoke each person’s unique intelligence and create an atmosphere of genius — innovation, productive effort, and collective intelligence. There are also Diminishers in many organizations. These leaders are absorbed in their own(…)