There has been a lot written lately of the āGig Economyā ā the notion that, in the future of earning a living, there will no longer be jobs, just work. Itās an earnings environment where the supply and demand for skillsets are contracted between those that have a need and those who can fulfill that need.
Nobody likes to fail. Failing causes us embarrassment. Failing bruises our ego. Failing might be a dark spot on our performance assessments. All we have to do is reflect on our childhood for when we failed and how poorly we felt. Even if our parents did give us encouragement, we still felt bad about failing….
I devote a lot of my time helping people and companies get from their present reality to some new reality.Ā It is rarely easy and ā although almost always considered a success ā the success is not quite as complete as it could be.Ā This is the norm; the expectation.Ā And this is not because…
There are all manner of problems (being an optimist, I rather use the term āchallengeā) that we face each and every day. Most of these challenges are simple enough: whatās for dinner this eve; is there traffic on the highway that is going to impede my progress; do I have any clean underwear, and so…
Do you ever wonder why things donāt get done as quickly as they should?Ā Do things get lost in the shuffle?Ā Perhaps you find that you have to more closely supervise the people who are supposed to be doing the work?Ā Are decisions never made because they are perpetually being discussed?Ā Does work stop because…
I wrote theĀ first versionĀ of this article four years ago and have been updating it every year since.Ā I have had a great many people remark to me that it has helped them a great deal (which is the point, I guess.)Ā I have also had several people give me some new ideas and of course,…
