“Does he know logistics?” So asks a prospective client about me. Now, I happen to have some experience working with the logistics industry. And what I’ve learned working with them (and others) is: in times of change, asking this question is like asking, “Can he handle what we used to be?” The question should be, [...]
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Last weekend, my daughter sat down at the kitchen table and tried to write out the lyrics to one of her favorite songs. It was her first time trying to transcribe lyrics, she struggled, and got so frustrated that she wasn’t “doing it right the first time” that she started to cry. She’s five. She [...]
Let me tell you a story. A good story. I was at Northwestern Memorial Hospital last week. Not exactly the place I wanted to be, especially since I was visiting my dad who had just had a surgery I hoped he’d never need. (He’s doing fine.) I’m standing by the elevator. The elevators there put [...]
If you’re social, you probably landed here from the JPIE blog, an oasis of awesome in this online sea of meh. If you didn’t, I recommend you take a moment and head there now; the post below is a continuation of the discussion I started there as a guest blogger. (Warning: the jpie post includes [...]
Employees often say they want opportunity, but when presented with it, they realize opportunity comes with a chance of getting hurt, and opt for safety instead.
What Handling Ambiguity means Handling ambiguity—and it’s close cousin, handling uncertainty—means being able to move forward in spite of unclear or non-existent direction. Uncertainty comes about from poor directions, such as “Fold the piece of paper in half,” which leaves one guessing as to which direction—lengthwise or crosswise—the fold should be made. Ambiguity is a [...]
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