Can We “Luck” Our Way into Effective Organization Structure? A Friday Funny
By Michelle Malay Carter on June 26, 2008
If we don’t really understand work levels or human cognitive capability?in terms of levels, what do you think the probability is that we will luck our way into effective organizational structure to carry out our strategy and live our values? As probable as this, I suspect… I’m OK.? You’re OK.? Let’s fix the system!? It […]
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Michelle Malay Carter Interview on the Epic Living Hour
By Michelle Malay Carter on June 23, 2008
As promised, here is my Friday interview with Eric Pennington on his Epic Living Hour radio show. I’m OK.? You’re OK.? Let’s fix the system.
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Anticipation – Are You a Penguin or a Polar Bear? A Friday Funny
By Michelle Malay Carter on June 20, 2008
If Friday is the last day of the workweek in your part of the world, I hope you are excited about the prospect of some relaxation, recreation,?and rejuvenation this weekend. But my greater hope would be that on Monday morning, you would have that same sense of optimistic anticipation as you return to work.? For […]
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Join Me at BlogTalkRadio’s The Epic Living Hour – Friday, June 20
By Michelle Malay Carter on June 18, 2008
I’ll be a guest on Eric Pennington’s BlogTalkRadio show, The Epic Living?Hour.? Please join us Friday, June 20th, at 12:30 EDT. Click here to both set up an email reminder for yourself and?to listen live.? If you care to participate on Friday, you can in at +1 347 945 5139. If that time is not […]
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Organizational Structure – What If…
By Michelle Malay Carter on June 18, 2008
Jack Fallow had this to say about my lamentation on organizational structural failures:? Yes it is a problem that we under-engineer work environments and structures. Typically, the engineer, first decides that weight bearing strength of 1000lbs is necessary, then adds 50% for security. Next, they choose the best material to carry the strain. Then, they […]
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Structural Failures within Organizations – Close is Not Good Enough
By Michelle Malay Carter on June 17, 2008
Steve Roesler throws out the concept of applied management in his latest post?on employee survey research.? I couldn’t agree more that we need more applied management within organizations. And I would ask, just what are we applying? Is Close Good Enough? Engineers take natural laws and science-based knowledge and use this inform to inform their […]
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Are You Open to the Idea that You are Closed Minded?
By Michelle Malay Carter on June 15, 2008
I came across a job announcement the other day and one of the personal characteristics they were looking for in a candidate was open-mindedness.? My question is, if you asked 100 people if they were open minded, how many would say no? I suspect that closed-minded people view themselves as being principled, right, or knowledgeable, […]
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Help Candidates Self Select with Work Levels Job Descriptions
By Michelle Malay Carter on June 8, 2008
Because we don’t?have?science-based understanding?about work, i.e.?that it occurs in discreet, measurable levels, we do a really poor job of writing job descriptions. What About the WORK? Most job descriptions are a mishmash of ambiguous competencies, personality characteristics, and often include arbitrary educational qualifications.? They do a lot of talking about the candidate qualifications but precious […]
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Intuiting Work Levels – Justin Foster’s Strategy Hierarchy
By Michelle Malay Carter on June 3, 2008
Jamie Notter mentioned coming upon Justin Foster’s idea of Strategy Hierarchy.? Justin does a great job of describing work levels 5, 4, and 3. Here’s Justin’s description: Vision – Develop the simple idea. This is very likely the original reason a venture or effort was started. In addition, the Vision is the picture of success […]
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Being True to Yourself is Hard Work
By Michelle Malay Carter on June 2, 2008
Wouldn’t it be great to: ???? 1.?be who we are ???? 2. to be accepted Why do we so often have to sacrifice one for the other? Is Who We Are Who We’ve Become? It?s unfortunate but, we all suffer at the hands of the cultures within which we travel – our family, our church, […]
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