Where do you, your team, or your organization spend most of your time? If you find that most of your time is spent on duct-tape management or problem solving, it’s important to shift focus from optimizing the past to creating the future. […]
High-performance
After creating the statue of David, the great artist Michelangelo was asked how he had accomplished this masterpiece. Michelangelo answered that he looked at the original block of uncut marble, imagined David hidden in there, and simply took out everything […]
“Do high performance routines and habits stifle creativity and innovation?” It was a great question from an audience member, after I had given a keynote on how the best get better. My position is that routines and habits are actually […]
A force multiplier is a factor that gives you the ability to accomplish greater feats than without it. In the context of high-performance it means increased productivity: The ability to achieve the same (or better) results in less time. The following […]
When I was a young process engineer, I was tasked to build a spreadsheet to help optimize a chemical plant. The spreadsheet was done quickly, but I was so enthusiastic that I decided to extend my efforts and build a state-of-the-art […]
If you don’t have your own goals, you will be working for the goals of someone else. We still have seven months to go in 2023: It’s a good time to step back and take a look at your goals for […]
The average human has one breast and one testicle. The average human also does not exist in real life. Be careful with blindly using averages to interpret data. A great pen and nice paper inspires me to write. I therefore […]
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