08 Aug 2011, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Leadership, Life, 4 Comments Tagged , ,

The Dignity Test


All day, even outside of our work, there are “service people” all around us. What if we could improve the way our workplace operates by adjusting the way we interact with these people? I think this is possible, and here’s why…

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01 Aug 2011, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Life, 0 Comments Tagged , ,

Thoughts On Prejudice & Individuality


Nothing lengthy today — just a few thoughts on a better way to view things like prejudice and individuality…

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17 Jul 2011, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Leadership, 1 Comments Tagged , , , , ,

A Talent Imbalance


The industrial way of building an organization carries some hidden baggage with it, and we won’t really be able to function as cooperatively or creatively as we should in the new economy until we discard the old structure. This is how we got here… and how we start getting out.

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20 Jun 2011, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Leadership, 2 Comments Tagged , , , , , ,

The Sexy Organization


Part of what’s holding us back from creating better workplaces is that “structures” and “systems” just aren’t very much fun to talk about. We should be glad, then, that organizations are about to get a lot sexier…

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13 Jun 2011, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Leadership, 0 Comments Tagged , , , , ,

Tiger Woods Trains 6 Minutes A Day? (A Nod to Tom Peters)


Today I’m featuring a small chapter called, “Train! Train! Train!” from a fabulous little book by Tom Peters called Essentials: Leadership. Do you have any idea how much time American workers spend “learning” on the job? It’s shocking (and pathetic)…

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