If someone dismisses your ideas out of hand, ask them to explain. If they have an answer, you might learn something. If they don’t, they might learn something.
I once knew a triumvirate of professors who ditzed the idea of “Community”, a concept my mother could explain having spent the war years in a small village [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Validation of Ideas
Posted in culture, politics on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Looking for Ideas?
Posted in Business, Innovation, Internet, Learning on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The question of innovation comes up with any company. One way to seek new ideas is to solicit them from staff, suppliers or customers. But in a meeting situation, there is a tendancy for one of the following to happen
one person dominates the meeting with their agenda
the person chairing the meeting has power and others [...]
When to Hold a Meeting
Posted in Uncategorized on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Simple. As infrequently as possible since they disrupt the workday and if they are without purpose, they become either an obligatory social networking event with muffins or a barely tolerable excuse for the boss to ponitficate.
Hold a meeting when there is something to say
to quelch rumours with a top-down presentation providing rules to staff about [...]
