Enthusiastic individuals and corporate marketing professionals alike are desperate to learn the secret of what makes an online group grow into an effective and viable community. This is the challenge for everyone in the “connected” world.
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When something goes wrong, it is better to understand the reason why – rather than hear an excuse. Is there a difference? Picture credit: whizchickenonabun Of course there is. But how do you tell the difference between an excuse and a reason? Well an excuse is generally our way of trying to excuse our behaviour: to justify the big problem with organization charts
Of course a major problem is that some still believe that their organization works entirely in accordance with the formal organization chart, respecting boundaries. Whereas the org chart is really only one of the essential layers in building up a multi-layer insight of how things actually work – and the other essential layers intersect, overlay and underlay the
Picture credit: the Devil's guide to iT It’s no great secret that humour often helps when you want to make a serious point. There are many great examples of how well-chosen humour oils the wheels of business. But a word of caution, before you dive head-first into your stand-up comedy routine during an important business communication; remember Picture credit: me'nthedogs So how do you deal with an ambush? What do you do when you are in a meeting and someone suddenly springs a ‘surprise’ that has obviously been carefully planned but deliberately concealed from you and your colleagues? Of course everyone knows when there is a bushwhacker in the meeting room – the dead |
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