7 months ago
Want to know what industries are in need of help? Look for the gaps. What are people complaining about? What do they wish they had? What are the problems they are trying to solve? What solutions require a flair of creativity? Those are the gaps, and they are the opportunities for growth and development. They are not easy to fill or address, but they are always 100% worth it.
8 months ago
If I receive an invite in my inbox, and I miss it, as can happen quite a bit. Nudge me after a few hours, and the invite is there. Don’t remind me 15 minutes before the meeting is about to start that I’m attending this meeting. Make my acceptance, not my tentative acceptance, mean something. Make it mean that I’m actually attending, not “auto-accepted”.
8 months ago
I’ve had a few meetings I start this way. If there is dissension in the room and we’re discussing a key problem, I’ll throw out this statement – “Are we all on the same page?” If we are not on the same page, there is no reason to move forward. Everyone needs to be on the same page, to understand the problem, the reason that you are all here, before you start getting to solutions. Otherwise, everyone is coming up with ideas that not everyone believes will solve the issue at hand. On the same page, move forward, different pages,
8 months ago
Although it feels rude, the best way to get out of invites is to use the Decline button. But, you can add a message to the Decline button as to why you can’t attend – that gives people an indication that it’s not for flippant reasons. It’s a simple process, but we struggle to use it because someone might be offended, or they might never reach out to us again, or we might be ignored because we “declined” the chance to have a say. All of these are invalid and speak more to the group culture of trust as to
8 months ago
Schoo’s back. The leaves are changing colours. It’s your last 4 to get everything done you had hoped for. Go.
