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Treat Your Meetings to a Little QA

What is it about gathering a group of employees that sends otherwise well-oiled machines into epic failure mode? We seek a better way to organize meetings…

What Should You Start/Stop/Continue Doing?

Feedback exchange needs to be simple and action-oriented. We outline a streamlined, easy-to-implement version of the standard “review process.”
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Reclaim Focus, One Day at a Time

To overcome “reactionary workflow,” we experiment with how to build laser-like task focus, day by day.

Beware of Reactionary Workflow

As our penchant for over-communication makes reaching "Inbox Zero" increasingly unlikely, we look at some key ways to combat "reactionary workflow."

Strive for the IKEA Effect

Instilling a do-it-yourself ethos in your team, and even your customer base, can encourage ownership and engagement.

Questions All Young Entrepreneurs Should Ask

These days, ideas mean business. We examine three questions you'll want to ask yourself when approaching your ideas as an entrepreneur.
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Fight Against Your Short-Term Rewards

From a young age, we are ingrained with a powerful short-term reward system. Yet, to make bold ideas happen, short-term rewards must be transcended.

Reduce Your Level of Insecurity Work

It's easy to fall into a pattern of incessantly checking business-related stats to soothe our anxieties. But how much data tracking is too much?

5 Ways to Market Yourself During a Recession

When business slows down, it’s time to ramp up on your self-marketing efforts. Here’s a shortlist for how to jumpstart your outreach.

Lessons from Improv #4: Establish Context Quickly

Of all the improv games and exercises we learned, the ‘three-line scene’ was perhaps the most enlightening. The takeaway? Context is everything.

Meet Until You're Weak in the Knees

Productivity comes to a grinding halt when meetings happen, which is why it's important to measure them with action steps--and to keep them short.

Avoid The Trap of Business Narcissism

When it comes to our own lives, we are often prone to thinking that every calamity or challenge that we encounter is a one-off, or "special case".