Management

As I walked out of a meeting room with a colleague, fresh from pointing out an overlooked issue, he turned to me with a chuckle and remarked, “You’re just making my job harder, you know.” A playful comment, but it carried a sliver of truth. I responded with a smile…

Though its weekly sales amount to roughly half of what each of the other two are pulling in, one oddly colored feather in Liberty’s cap is that it is nonetheless the most profitable store. Palmyra and Southside both appear to be rising ships, with slow and steady upticks in volume…

It looks counterintuitive, but there are two reasons — If I were asked about a perfect product or service I’ve seen in, say, a year, I would answer that there have been none of them. Try to buy a plane ticket, and you will see a user-friendly website or polite assistants. Try to get compensation for the flight delay…

The saga continues From Part 1 and Part 2, you will know that my employer tried to illegally kick me out of my customer support job a couple of months ago. My TL had made the impossible possible back then and fought for me to keep my job, whilst also…

In our recent study our initial goal was to identify and conduct opportunity analysis on one or more emerging technologies which has a growth potential that can result in total business transformation. We decided to choose Generative AI as it is one of very popular emerging technologies recently. But regardless…

1:1 meetings are a valuable opportunity for managers and team members to connect, discuss progress, and address challenges. However, by adopting a strategic approach, these meetings can go beyond surface-level updates and become a rich source of insight. …

The standard off the shelf management wisdom often goes something like this: “Set up quantifiable KPIs and watch out for burnouts”. And while that sounds sensible, the roots of the problem go way deeper than that. So, today I wanted to dig a little bit deeper into this. What do managers do? I have…

Read this article and skip the MBA. — Musk has been giving a business masterclass since he took over Twitter. It’s been particularly eye-opening to watch him work because Twitter’s transformation happened live and transparently. Musk made a few mistakes and often changed his mind, but he didn’t try to hide any of it. …

“Salty” is a terrible adjective to apply to a job. — Table of Contents · The Peter Principle — rise to your incompetence · The Dead Sea Effect — bad situations get worse · What can we do to avoid these effects? · Check your job for the Peter principle or Dead Sea saltiness ∘ Have you ever dealt with a boss or job that matched one…