“Two-Pizza Rule” for Meetings
Amazon Founder, Jeff Bezos, adheres to a strict rule called the “two pizza rule.” If two pizzas cannot feed the entire group in a meeting, he will not attend. Here’s how you can use that rule to improve your meetings.
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When Our Personal and Professional Commitments Collide
It is only a matter of time before our personal and professional commitments conflict with one another. Learn what you can do to navigate.
Introducing the Minimum Political Product (MPP)
You may have heard of the term MVP or Minimum Viable Product. This article is about a related concept: the Minimum Political Product, or MPP.
Communication Infrastructure: Smart Open Space Part 2
Smart open space is a vision similar to that of smart cities. Smart open space is designed to integrate information, communication technology and IoT.
The First Person that Talks about Work Loses
Studies show that talking about work with co-workers when you’re outside of work creates stress. Here is a fun game to make everyone talk about something else. You never know what you may learn about your co-workers or what gems of information you’ll gain.
The Power of Storytelling
The art of storytelling is an essential skill. It helps sell your ideas faster. Here’s how you can harness the power of storytelling.
Why It’s Time to Ditch People-Pleasing
Too much people-pleasing can affect our sanity and wellbeing and doesn’t even really help us to advance our careers the way we think it does. Here’s how you can ditch your people-pleasing tendencies.
Bringing Dialogue Back to Government
What we need is a resurgence of dialogue: relating, attuning and authentically relating to one another. Bringing dialogue back to government would be good for all of us.
The Interagency Tango: How to Do It Right
Do you have a sense of where to start in the interagency process? If not, these tips can help to lay the foundation and open the door to a productive and effective interagency tango.
Networking from a Place of Service
When you are networking, you shouldn’t look at it like a short-term, self-serving relationship. If you can reframe it, think about how networking can actually be a lasting and durable connection that serves everybody involved.