I have finally figured out my email newsletter for this site. I am writing a series of tips about adaptability. I posted the first one, What is Adaptability and Why That Matters. I sent that one out in January. I just sent the second tip about seeing your reality this morning. I will post the previous […]
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At 7am today, the roads are a slick sheet of ice. So are the driveways and sidewalks. We had some snow yesterday which changed to freezing rain. The temps went below freezing last night and now, everything is slick and frozen. It’s dangerous for anyone to walk outside, never mind me, a dizzy broad. I’m
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I’ve been taking online and in-person workshops for several years now. I took a week-long in-person writing workshop last year and learned a ton. We had writing and technique assignments. Our instructor told us to complete the writing first and then write the techniques. I did the writing and didn’t complete one of the technique
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I’m working on that document project I mentioned back in Do You Want Feedback? We, the writing team, explained how we would pair-review and rewrite where necessary to use more of the tone and less casual language. And, more importantly, we would correct the problems the original editing created. We did that last week. We all
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I changed my newsletter for this site, from not-reliable-quarterly to (with any luck) reliable monthly. Why? Because the lack of frequency made it more difficult for me to keep up with the newsletter. That’s not what I want as a writer. I am sure it’s not what you want as a reader. I’ll post the newsletters
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I talk a lot about adaptability on the blog. In case you missed it, let me set the context by defining adaptability. Adaptability is an effective change in response to an altered situation. Here’s why your adaptability matters. Life changes. Work changes. Our bodies change. No, you don’t have to have vertigo to realize your
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I’m working on a writing project with a geographically distributed team. We all have full-time paying jobs and this is a professional project with no monetary compensation. We worked as an agile team, in iterations, pairing, helping each other write the best expression of our ideas. We turned over our draft and waited for copyediting
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I’ve been thinking about many of the problems I see in life, and in organizations. I see a lack of trust. The managers don’t trust the people or the teams of people. The people don’t trust management. The technical teams don’t trust “the business.” (Yes, put those quotation marks there.) The marketing people, including Product
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I bet many of you have resolutions you will make and attempt to stick to in the new year. Great. I hope you do keep those resolutions. The chances of that are not so good. I don’t do resolutions. Especially for big things, such as losing 30 pounds. Oh my, that is a huge goal
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Mark and I watched Money Monster last weekend. One of the characters asked, “When is it your call?” (No, I don’t remember who or the total context. It was about the responsibility of recommending stocks to people.) The idea was “When is it your responsibility?” I got to thinking about who makes which calls about
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