July, 2008

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Jul 08

Without Change There Is No Innovation

C. William Pollard (twice the CEO of ServiceMaster) once said in his book, The Soul of the Firm, that:

Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.

On further research, I found a number of related quotes in that book that I also quite liked:

Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.

It is the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to contribute.

Too often new ideas are studied and analyzed until they are suffocated.

Do you agree? Disagree? Think his focus is wrong?
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Jul 08

Google Earth – Sky

If you enjoy star gazing, or keeping up with NASA’s latest achievements, you might also like Google Sky. It’s just like Google Earth, except that you can pan and zoom the stars instead of the land & sea.


(video on the corporate network only available from 8-10am daily)

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Jul 08

Eat Less Meat, Start Cooking Again, Save the Planet

Mark Bittman discusses the impact of eating lots of meat, and why we should tone it down and start cooking more of our own plant-based meals again.

note: a video should appear above. If you don’t see it, try between 8am and 10am when the firewall at work will let video through.

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Jul 08

Highrise to Set Follow-ups

Are you managing your follow ups? Can’t remember what you talked about with that co-worker 2 weeks ago? Check out Highrise - it’s an amazing tool for tracking contacts, setting follow-ups, and driving the conversations you have. In my own arsenal, it is a vital support tool I use every day to stay as productive as I can be.

Highrise

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Jul 08

Lean vs Agile

refactr posted an good reminder about the roots of Lean (something we like at work):

Martin Fowler mentions that he has been asked whether a team should use agile development or lean development for a project. The answer is that they’re not alternatives. Lean development is a type of agile development.

(emphasis added)

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