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Writing Your Thinking Down Enables High Level Problem-Solving

February 10, 2019 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

Gathering your thoughts, working them out on a page, and sharing that page with others is the spur for high level, creative problem-solving and the best (most productive) conversations. Instead of “winging it” by making up what you think, want and … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Continuous Learning, Daily Preparation, Introducing Yourself & Your Work Tagged With: American frontier, anti-intellectual, Jeff Bezos, knowing your problem, narrative, practical, presenting your idea, problem solving, show me, storytelling, useful, writing, writing your thinking down

Problem Solving That Affects the Quality of Your Work

February 3, 2019 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

People complain that their working lives would be better and more satisfying if only they had at their disposal a ready-built way to solve some of the problems that they see on the job. With noses closer to the ground, it may be a persistent problem … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Being Proud of Your Work, Continuous Learning, Entrepreneurship, Work & Life Rewards Tagged With: autonomy at work, collaborative problem solving, Community based peer production, locus of control at work, non-monetary compensation, responsibility for your job satisfaction, satisfaction at work, stakeholder problem solving

A Winter of Work Needs More Color

January 27, 2019 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

Over the past week, it’s been cold here, then warm, and now cold again. But one of the constants has been how this season seems to drain the world of its color.  It strikes me as a fitting metaphor for what has been happening to the nature … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Being Proud of Your Work, Entrepreneurship, Work & Life Rewards Tagged With: American workers, Edmund Phelps, ethic of work, flourishing at work, future of work, mass flourishing, Oren Cass, Ross Douthat, work, work-based policies, working communities, working families, workplace

We Are Making a Difference

January 20, 2019 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

When we set out to make a difference with our work, we usually are. It empowers us by doing it and empowers others who are trying to change the same things. It’s the belief in possibility that makes a new year, well…doable. I came upon a guy last … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Being Proud of Your Work Tagged With: David McCullough, Greg Ip, hope, momentum, moving from thought to action, optimism, perspective, Roger McNamee, solidarity, Steven Pinker

Running Into the Future of Work

January 13, 2019 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

We’ve just entered a new year and it’s likely that many of us are thinking about the opportunities and challenges we'll be facing in the work weeks ahead. Accordingly, it seems a good time to consider what lies ahead with some forward-thinkers who’ve … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Continuous Learning, Entrepreneurship Tagged With: aging workforce, Ai, artificial intelligence, Chip Conley, dignity of work, elder wisdom, future of work, John Hagel, Joseph Stiglitz, labor markets, machine learning, monopoly power, value of older workers, work, workforce disruption, workforce retraining

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