by Constance | Oct 7, 2013 | Constance's Comments
Issue No. 9 October 4, 2013 Self-limiting Attitudes I tell companies to stop endlessly modifying procedures and pay more attention to the attitudes and motivation of the people using them. Just this morning I suggested to a client that she change the language in an...
by Constance | Sep 5, 2013 | Constance's Comments
Issue No. 8 September 5, 2013 So profoundly valuable is a new perspective that people do all sorts of things from the sublime to the ridiculous to gain a fresh view. Rock climbing, paint ball, team building with stand-up comics, etc. Many people object to these sorts...
by Constance | Aug 22, 2013 | Constance's Comments
Issue No. 7 August 22, 2013 Invisible Decisions – Part Three – Deadly Data A very common trap in decision-making is thinking we have information when we have only data. The word people love to use now is analytics. This has an impressive sound but not...
by Constance | Aug 8, 2013 | Constance's Comments
Issue No. 6 August 8, 2013 Invisible Decisions-Part Two-Assumptions We are often unaware of the assumptions we hold before we make a decision. It’s in hindsight we recognize them or when an event makes it clear. Even then, we may not realize their power over us....
by Constance | Jul 11, 2013 | Constance's Comments
Issue No. 4 July 11, 2013 Unwind to profit As long as it takes some people to make decisions, it often takes longer to undo bad ones. Most of spend far too long getting out of something that isn’t working whether it is a bad hire, a bad date, a bad house, or a...
by Constance | Jun 20, 2013 | Constance's Comments
Issue No. 3 June 20, 2013 What Business Are You In? It is astonishing how often decisions are made based on assumptions and worse when the assumptions vary amongst the leaders. For example, most companies use and rely heavily upon technology. Information technology...