by admin | Mar 9, 2023 | Creativity, Employee Engagement, Energy, Healthy, Performance Improvement, Productivity, Stress Management
How do you recharge? Until Elon Musk figures out how to retrofit humans with a charging plug, we have to recharge our bodies the old-fashioned way – by making sure we are eating smart, getting plenty of sleep, and exercise. When it comes to creating energy,...
by admin | Nov 11, 2021 | Creativity, Performance Improvement, Personal Development, Productivity
I have always loved putting a pen to paper – especially a quality pen to quality paper. It relaxes me and puts me into the creative mindset much the same way that walking does. However for me, the tactile sensory appeal of pen and paper has, in most cases, given...
by admin | Jan 29, 2020 | Creativity, Energy, Healthy
I once worked for a start-up with a lot of young employees. We had just begun offering a retirement savings program and our CFO was giving a presentation to explain the benefits, and especially the “miracle” of compound interest. He ended the presentation by telling...
by admin | Feb 19, 2015 | Creativity, Performance Improvement, Productivity
I continue to be fascinated by the insights into our brains and its mysteries that are being revealed by new research and technology breakthroughs. I’ve recently been reading “The Organized Mind” by Daniel Levitin. It’s filled with intriguing information about how our...
by admin | Feb 5, 2015 | Creativity, Employee Engagement, Performance Improvement, Productivity
It is interesting to see the increasing trend toward cost-efficient “bullpen” work spaces. When I started my career as a just-graduated engineer at Boeing, I was seated at a military-issue olive-green desk with a black phone, in the middle of a sea of identical desks...
by admin | Jan 21, 2015 | Creativity, Energy, Healthy, Performance Improvement, Productivity
This is the first anniversary of my stand-up desk. I wouldn’t even think of going back. I feel better; I feel more productive and creative and sitting down now feels like a well-earned reward rather than a life-sentence. Just having the option to move between the two...
