Some good things about multi-tasking
By Marc Resnick I have often blogged about multi-tasking. Usually, what I talk about are the negatives. People can’t really multi-task. What you are doing is linearly switching back and forth among...
View ArticleEyewitness testimony
By Marc Resnick For those of you who aren’t familiar with my consulting business, I spend a lot of time on court cases. Most of the time is spent in the investigation part, but I also do a lot of...
View ArticleUnrealistic Optimism
By March Resnick There was a fascinating paper in a recent issue of Nature Neuroscience that investigates why unrealistic optimism is so pervasive. We all think our teams can win, we are above average...
View ArticleBrain Stimulation
By Marc Resnick We are making advances in non-invasive electronic brain stimulation that continue to amaze me. It is nothing like what happened to Jack Nicholson’s character in One Flew Over the...
View ArticleWhere Did All The Workers Go?
I watched a TED talk by Rainer Strack on the upcoming global employment crisis the speaker forecast for 2030. Looking fifteen years ahead, the demographics for the workforce in the top 20 nations of...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Comfort Level?
When scheduling work loads and projects, there are several reasons to ask your team what tasks and projects they are comfortable taking on. • Managers may plan a work load based on prior experience,...
View ArticleHow Knowledge Work Differs from the Past
Knowledge work raises the demand for those who can teach it, due to the value knowledge work has and higher pay it often generates compared to lower skill areas. After all, no one can simply walk off...
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