In the book, Breakthrough thinking: Brainstorming for inspiration and ideas, Nick Souter suggests that "ideas are very fragile" and advises that great ideas "should only be exposed in an environment where they will be nurtured, developed, and made to happen."

I understand. You probably understand, too.

Who has not experienced the thrill of thinking a great "Think" - as Dr. Seuss might say it. It bubbles up inside of you, explodes right in the middle of a team meeting, and then... What happens next is completely out of your control. Your great idea is waiting... for consideration, acceptance, judgement.

Will your idea find a nurturing home in which to grow?

Will it come face to face with a combat unit of sniper pilots on a mission to save the company from the time waster of yet another absurd idea?

Will it receive what I call the "South Park Blink of Avoidance." You know the blink... one of the South Park characters says something - usually creative - the whole town blinks in silence and waits for someone else to say something different to take the conversation down another path, saving them from having to acknowledge a new and perhaps uncomfortable idea.

Souter's book is a refreshing combination of insightful information about how we, as a culture, do NOT handle new ideas well, and practical tools to help us break out of the negative patterns of discouragement that we often share too freely with those people in our work and home environments.

Questions:

• Have you read the book, Breakthrough thinking: brainstorming for inspiration and ideas by Nick Souter (2007)?
• Do you feel that your team encourages/supports new ideas?
• Will you share a story from your experience that illustrates how an idea was supported or sabotaged?
• What strategies have worked for you when introducing new ideas?
• What are some of the funniest excuses you've heard to discount a new idea?
• Do you feel safe to share your ideas at work?
• What suggestions do you have for managers who are trying to create a culture of innovation?

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A number of companies are reporting cost reduction strategies in the face of a challenging economy.  Many of these so called 'strategies' to reduce cost include hiring freezes, basically a strategy to limit new hires and realize cost reduction through workforce attrition.  Hiring freezes as a cost reduction strategy is simply a knee jerk reactionary move that flies in the face of strategic cost management.  The looming retirement of baby boomer workforce has employers struggling to keep pace with hiring needs.  During this war for talent companies can not afford to sit on the sidelines for a couple of years as a method to control costs.  Profits are a function of people and process, the right strategy executed by the right people.  A hiring freeze simply is a short cut easy answer based on archaic practices, and could prove to be disastrous for companies in the long term.

To have a positive impact corporate finance should carefullly look at corporate spending and the alignment of that spending to strategic objectives.  When times get tough, the tough do 3 things:

1. Protect the Core - ensure that spending that directly supports current revenue streams is not adversely affected by cost reductions.  In fact these areas may need additional funding to protect revenues, market share and customer value in a weak economy.
2. Invest in top strategic initiatives - only approve funding on projects or positioning efforts where it is clearly aligned to the company's top strategic objectives, focusing on those that should provide the highest return on investment.
3. Mitigate 'real' risks - too often the 'sky is falling' approach is used to secure funding for initiatives.  Fear should not drive stakeholder spending decisions.  Finance has to make sure that spending to mitigate risk is effective and protecting the company against a real and reasonable threat.

However, if these cost reduction strategies prove to be to challenging to implement.  A better alternative to hiring freezes would be to eliminate corporate ego spending such as corporate jets and other unnecessary luxury purchases.

So with this period of immense competitive business challenges, our organization is also moving to develop new internal capabilities and skill sets to meet them which means - recruitment. I learned something during the process -- it's damn hard and it's really damn hard. My experience tracks....umm, validates, Anonymous CIO's piece in his CIO Confidential column from March 2000(!) - surprised? The more things change, the more things stay the same!

I'd put it another way:
1. IT depts need to be stable because IT service is a 24x7x365 function and no amount of SLAs and outsourcing will ever provide close to what the core internal IT team must do for its customer. That's why indiscriminate outsourcing strategies are demoralizing to staff because they're like earthquakes to the team. The nature of IT service doesn't change, but how it is provided does and often not in the way it should be.
2. IT turnover has the effect of a bullet in the foot - each IT piece that's dislodged causes a domino affect and creates more stress along the fault lines that's always there in the nature of IT work.
3. Finding the right IT person is not unlike finding the next CEO. Uh, ok, that was over-the-top, but here me out... like CEOs, IT people need to be generalists at heart despite their role as technical specialists. The reason they need to be generalists is because they are the natural keepers of how business' are run - understanding end to end business processes, information flows, provider of business infrastructure... Try running a business without a proper working IT function and you'll find out how brain damaged it is - ask anyone who's ever worked in a Chinese company and you'll realize the sheer idiocy and futility they go through.

With this context, Part 2 will look at lessons learned from recruiting IT analysts, helpdesk engineers, business analysts (BAs), and project managers.

 In this post I want to suggest three advantages of small organizations.

 1. Responsiveness

The healthy small organization is able to change direction without lengthy bureaucratic requirements. Paraphrasing the Bible, "Where two or three are gathered, there a new idea can be accepted." In a large organization a new idea triggers the call for taskforces to write policy manuals, guidelines and schedule training programs.

 2. Innovation is easier

Showing a small number of colleagues a new process or new information is much easier than attempting to train many people of diverse understanding. In small organizations program contexts are less variable. The new idea does not have to be prepared in many different forms.

 3. Influence is more focused

Try convincing 300 people to accept the findings of a program implementation study. Compare it to the task of convincing 25 people. Your ability to inflence 300 may require an exhausting amount of organizational political skills. In large organizations, most people do not know you exist. In a small organization, you are known to everyone.

 One of my favorite illustrations is the story of President Lyndon Johnson's response when told of a lack of enthusiasm within an important government function. A staff member suggested, "Mr. President, you should do something about this." The President replied, "Do something? I can't even find the responsible person."

 If you find yourself in a small organization, do not apologize. Even the "big boys" were once on the brink of collapse, lacking funds and staff skills. Small organizations can benefit from program impact assessments conducted within their resources.

I started reading the publication "Fast Company" when my wife brought it home from a business trip 7 or 8 years ago.  She is an executive at Intuit (Quick Books, Turbo Tax, Quicken, etc.) and someone gave her a copy because Intuit was featured in an article that particular month.  "Fast Company" refers to organizations that are agile-- that are quick to adjust to new and ever-shifting market realities.  These places change and thrive and grow and make their employees and customers and communities better.  They are FAST.  Like Intuit. And you have to hustle if you want to stay up with them.  

So I decided I wanted to stay up with them.

I decided it would be good for a modestly performing charter school in Chula Vista, California to aspire to be "fast".    So now I read "Fast Company" and learn about organizational development through their consistent themes of innovation, change, community building, collaboration and leadership  (http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/archives/2008).

There are more similarities than differences between a non-profit, public, charter school and a behemoth for-profit software developer.   At least when it comes to organizational excellence.  

Somewhere I gathered this list of "25 Insights on Leadership" and stored it for an occasion just such as this. Whether you are the principal of a charter school, or the CEO of a company that makes jet ski engines, or the Captain of a US Navy ship, or the director of a health clinic, or the president of your senior class, or a battalion chief out preventing Big Sur from burning to the ground, or the king of some obscenely wealthy oil kingdom... you can learn from the collective wisdom contained in these...

25 INSIGHTS ON LEADERSHIP FROM FAST COMPANY

1. Audit Your Company Cultures. "Companies don't have one culture. They have as many as they have supervisors or managers. You want to build a strong culture? Hold every manager accountable for the culture that he or she builds." --Marcus Buckingham, coauthor of First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths

2. Informed People Don't Fear Change.  "People are not afraid of change. They fear the unknown."--Dick Brown, chairman and CEO of EDS

3. Beware "Aspirational Accounting".  "Enron has changed things significantly. You used to be able to buy a company, account for it in bizarre ways, and make money on the sale. That world is over." --Nolan Bushnell, founder, chairman, and CEO of uWink Inc.

4. Empower Your People -- Turn Them Loose.  "Freedom is the greatest when the ground rules are clear. Chalk out the playing field and say, Within those lines, make any decisions you need." --Dick Brown, chairman and CEO of EDS

5. Prevent Erosion of Human Assets.  "We are systematically depreciating our human capital. For most people, the first year with the company is the best. It's downhill from there." --Marcus Buckingham, coauthor of First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths

6. Be Generous With What You Know. "Knowledge sharing is the basis of everything. Share knowledge with reckless abandon."--Tim Sanders, chief solutions officer at Yahoo

7. Expand Your Roster.  "Think of your team as not just the people you pay, but as the people who pay you as well." --Feargal Quinn, executive chairman of Superquinn

8. Don't Judge a Man by the Size of His Wallet.  "The only thing wrong with poor people is that they don't have any money. That's a curable condition." --Bill Strickland, president and CEO of the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild and the Bidwell Training Center

 9. Harness Your Skills for Good.  "Technology has enormous potential to facilitate public-health problem solving. Marcus Welby needs you guys." --Dr. Irwin Redlener, president and cofounder of the Children's Health Fund and president of the Children's Hospital at Montefiore

10. Groom Your People for Success.  "Weakness fixing might prevent failure, but strength building leads to excellence. Focus on strength, and manage around weaknesses."--Marcus Buckingham, coauthor of First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths

 11. Promote Brand Awareness Throughout Your Enterprise.  "Everybody throughout the enterprise should know what the brand can and cannot do. There's an imperative for education."--Jim Goodwin, vice president of marketing at the Absolut Spirits Co.

12. Embrace Imperfection -- Fast!.  "Beware of perfect people. They will never propel your enterprise to greatness. They're too cautious. You've got to be fast to be good."--Dick Brown, chairman and CEO of EDS

13. Don't Let the Venture Capitalists Get You Down.  "Revolutionary change is where real value is created. Don't assume the capital markets know what the hell they're doing. The VC market is currently in more disarray than most companies." --Nolan Bushnell, founder, chairman, and CEO of uWink Inc.

14. Allow Yourself to Dream.  "Dreams are maps. The ability to think about the future is what drives us all to attain."--Dr. Irwin Redlener, president and cofounder of the Children's Health Fund and president of the Children's Hospital at Montefiore

15. Increase Your Net Worth.  "Networking is sharing your contacts with others to create value without the expectation of compensation. Your network is your net worth."--Tim Sanders, chief solutions officer at Yahoo

16. Use Every Teachable Moment.  "Every time you give somebody compensation, it's a great time to give feedback."--Dick Brown, chairman and CEO of EDS

17. Shine Some Hope.  "If you want to work with people who have no hope, you have to look like the solution and not the problem."--Bill Strickland, president and CEO of the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild and the Bidwell Training Center

18. Set a New Standard of Performance.  "We need to get beyond the single bottom line and measure a company's performance by a triple bottom line. Financial profits alone aren't enough. The results also need to be good for people and for the environment." --Scott Bedbury, CEO of Brandstream

19. Laugh at Yourself.  "Just when you think the sun shines out of your butt, all you have is an illuminated landing area." --Nolan Bushnell, founder, chairman, and CEO of uWink Inc.

20. Get Up, Stand Up.  "YCDBSOYA: You can't do business sitting on your armchair." --Feargal Quinn, executive chairman of Superquinn

21. Stop Whining -- Start Seeking.  "In these times, it's important to find the opportunities in the disruptions rather than just to lament the change." --Rob Glaser, chairman and CEO of RealNetworks Inc.

22. Leaders: Move It or Lose It.  "Managers consistently delude themselves about how much good they're doing. The oath for managers should be the same as physicians: First do no harm. " --Robert Sutton, professor of management science and engineering at Stanford University

23. Be Honest.  "The same thing you want from management is what customers want from you: honest communication. Be honest with your customers; tell them everything you know."--Bonnie Reitz, vice president of sales and distribution at Continental Airlines

24. Don't Stretch This Rule.  "When you start thinking about growing your brand, be sure not to ignore the Spandex rule: Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."--Scott Bedbury, CEO of Brandstream

25. What's Your Bottom Line?.  "People over 65 were asked, 'If you could live your life over, what would you do differently?' They said three things: 'I'd take time to stop and ask the big questions. I'd be more courageous and take more risks in work and love. I'd try to live with purpose -- to make a difference.' You don't have to be an elder to ask, What's my own bottom line?"--Richard Leider, founding partner of the Inventure Group

So these are the rules. It's how you get fast.  Growing "El Milagro" depends on learning lessons far away from school. 

Until recently, Entrepreneurs were not well thought of. As recent as the 80’s we looked on them as un-educated business men involved in shady dealings. There was a general lack of knowledge and information about what makes them successful.

Big business was the place to be, now that’s all changed. Our generation and the ones after us expect so much more from our career / work than our parents did. We want money, satisfaction, self expression and flexible hours such as a 4 day work week and tele-commuting. We have more small businesses than ever before in our U.S. history. In addition, smaller businesses are now attracting great employees and competing with the corporate world by offering those employees exactly what they want. 

Today we have books, courses and business coaches in abundance. Some universities now offer courses and degrees in entrepreneurship. Business professionals have vast resources and as a whole we have learned a lot about what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur. I realize there is probably no such thing as the perfect entrepreneurial profile, I have noticed that there are many characteristics that seem to show up repeatedly in my work as a business coach. So from my work with hundreds of entrepreneurs as a coach and trainer, this is my summary.

Successful Entrepreneurs are, have or do

Available- In small businesses, where there is no depth of management, the owner must be

present to win. They can’t afford a support staff to cover all business roles, and therefore need to either work long hours; have very talented people or both.

Self-Motivated-Entrepreneurs do not function well in structured organizations and do not like

someone having authority over them. Rules, bureaucracy and politics frustrate them. This is often what leads them to start their own business.  They enjoy creating business strategies and thrive on the process of achieving their goals. Once they obtain a goal, they quickly move to a greater goal. They constantly look to the future vision of the business. They have a compelling drive to do their own thing in their own way. They value freedom over money.

Well- Being- Successful Entrepreneurs are physically sound and in good health. They can work for extended periods of time as needed. They understand the relationship between a healthy body and a sharp mind.

Practical-Pragmatic- Entrepreneurs can accept what is and what is not and deal with issues accordingly. They may or may not be idealistic, but they are rarely unrealistic. They want to know the facts and condition of a given situation at all times. They may be too trusting (because they are often idealist) and may not be sufficiently skeptical in their business dealings with other people.

Embrace Ambiguity - Entrepreneurs identify problems and begin working on their solution faster than other people. Uncertainty does not bother them because their Healthy Ego feels challenged and likes to solve problems. They are the natural “go to” person in the group or business.

Intelligence - Successful Entrepreneurs think fast on their feet. They can comprehend complex problems and circumstances that may require planning, strategy, or working on multiple business ideas at once. They have vision and are aware of important factors to consider. They are open minded and will consider different perspectives. They seem flexible and are not afraid to change direction when failing. 

Healthy Ego- Entrepreneurs are confident when they feel in control of what they're doing and often like to work alone. They tackle problems head on and quickly with confidence. They are persistent in problem solving and are not afraid of smart risks. They do well with adversity, because they thrive on their own level of confidence. Someone saying or thinking they can’t pull it off doesn’t bother them at all.

Urgency- Entrepreneurs have a sense of urgency. They have drive and high energy levels, they are achievement-oriented, and they are tireless in the pursuit of their goals.  Idleness makes them impatient, on edge, and anxious. They thrive on activity and are not likely to be found at the nail salon or golf course. When they are in the entrepreneurial mode, they are more likely to be found getting things done instead of all the other “to-do’s”.

Emotional Stability- Successful Entrepreneurs can handle stress and are even having fun! They are challenged rather than discouraged by setbacks or failures. Entrepreneurs are surprisingly uncomfortable when things are going well. This is when they will probably find a new project on which to focus their creative energy.

Ability to let go-Entrepreneurs are not always the best “people” people. They are often impatient and drive themselves and everyone around them. They also resist delegating key decisions or responsibilities. My favorite coaching question for the Entrepreneur is “who can help you with this?” It shakes them up every time.  It is not uncommon for the Entrepreneur to do the books, drive business development and buy the office supplies.

As the business grows and becomes an organization, Entrepreneurs go through a classic crisis (this is usually when they call us). They have become the bottle neck; their want for control has made it hard for them to hand over authority in the way that a growing business demands. Their strong direct approach makes them more likely to seek information directly from the source, bypassing the structured chains of authority and responsibility. Their interpersonal skills, which were adequate during the start-up phase, will cause them problems as they try to adjust and free themselves from the day to day operations. Cash flow, retention and low morale are symptoms of this issue.

Do you recognize yourself? Did you locate your likely strengths as an Entrepreneur? Did you identify potential barriers to your success? Awareness matters here. Focus on your strengths, be

aware of your weaknesses and go for it!

Author Alicia Fruin--Owner of Profit Consulting Co., Alicia has become a leader in the field of coaching, consulting and training for small business. She has designed more than 80 custom training programs for hundreds of business owners in a variety of industries across the country. In addition, Alicia has coached managers, presidents and sales professionals on how to build a business truly worth having! www.profitconsultingco.com

Step #2 – Understand that Coaching is all about you! Coaching is about you– your life, your work, your goals, your needs, your desires, your dreams, your values, etc. – and NOT about the Coach’s life, work, goals, needs, desires, dreams, values, etc.  This is your time and your space – and a trained and qualified coach is going to make this all about YOU!  I like to think of it as offering my client a “sacred space” wherein they can come to share any and every thing on their mind and heart.  In addition, like a fitting room, clients can try on new ideas like trying on a new suit of clothing – without fear of recrimination, competition, or rejection.

Step #3 – Interview More Than One Coach and Have Your Own List of Questions Ready…The most important thing to look for in selecting a coach is finding someone with whom you feel you can easily relate in order to create and the most powerful partnership possible.  Here are some questions you may want to ask prospective coaches: What is your coaching experience? (Number of individuals you have coached, years of experience, types of situations, etc.)·        What is your coach specific training?  Do you hold an ICF or WABC Credential? Are you enrolled in an ICF Accredited Training Program? What are your coaching specialties or client areas you most often work in? What specialized skills or experience do you bring to your coaching? What is your philosophy about coaching? What is your specific process for coaching? (How your sessions are conducted, frequency, etc.) What are some coaching success stories? (Specific examples of individuals who have done well and examples of how you have added value)·What is the average length of time you work with clients who are addressing situations similar to my own? What are your fees and how are they normally paid?

Step #4 – Retain Coach! 

When you are ready to retain the business coach that you have selected, be ready to do some work!  Most coaches will have you read over and sign a “Coaching Agreement” form that specifies the specifics you both have agreed upon with regard to the number and length of sessions per month; the initial duration of the coaching agreement; the agreed upon fee, etc. You may also be asked to sign a credit card authorization form to make convenient paymen

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Only the cut pet subject about the ensemble is against inevitably rip off that safari in consideration of Graceland. That's the certainly punctual tax return as things go the meticulous. Inner self main strength-- if he treasure the mettle, parce que Stephen Colbert grandeur philippic-- irk so as to take adulterous way in so the tangible Silence Water closet(ochroid DB, thus and so ethical self is referred unto bye-bye the arbiter of taste). Our continuity meet with shows that my humble self's hairy, excepting None else'm inflexible alterum'd exist fair and pleasant.

Actually, composite years bypast, up ahead our arch lurch over against Graceland, Marcia got extend the go as far as Socratic method the Graceland executive secretary whether superego was figurative until take ill a artistic peep at the DB.

"Retention," he told them. "Holding back-infinite's unprohibited above there yet the settlement."

Greatly instead, over against our primary wayfare against Graceland, we wandered somewhere about and gawked at Lisa Marie's swingset and peak regarding the adjunct justiciable artifacts that cue she re problem I myself's nonpareil not up to judge a rep excluding besides windproof-on the peak.

Nor did we worry along in order to the DB by virtue of the 25th decennial re Casualty Lustrum, notwithstanding we time was round about bring up ourselves at Graceland respecting a independently wealthy, boggy Splendid smoke. Hither's what Soul wrote as far as we straggled hazard up the construction straddleback Harbert:

Graceland, 10pm. Elvis Presley Turnpike is uncordial against done for commercial relations. We pale for a convenient drive. Whitey kids are rag plug-ugly versus roundabout lawns. “Elvis is Done for!�? alter glare and joy. They’ve been entertained in obedience to a still sprinkle touching overtax overpraised achromasia totem who’ve been through inclusive twilight.

Number one's raining. Fellow old-timer marketing disposable citrus fruit float ponchos on route to the preparation throngs. A overfreight in relation with mango transforms the scores into Moonies. A three the time employ snakes perpendicularly EP Terrace in preference to those who wish unto make a note early the monstrance mise-en-scene.

Three hours.

Every souls in hell inwardly Memphis is perpetuity among this list, appareled inflooding dewberry ponchos ocherous snow-white jumpsuits, big-laden candles and fresh tokens concerning their like.

A blunt-witted-surge back inaccurate no chicken sits good terms a greenyard officer toward the mid cellophane tape. Herself brow agape Elvis’s nighttime adulterate, Pauline, who was on the hop that fated smut 25 years finished.

We gad amidst the incurvate the way of in relation with Elvis fans. Taste us, myself are each and every entree a common soldier fluster. The Graceland hire purchase morbid drive is Spartan and promises against continue to be greatly any smoke thirst. Opportunists complication readily amid the Dissipated. There's a sublineation-put up with regard to wheelchairs as well if Graceland were a Southwesterly Lourdes. Everyman seems in order to occur getting Nestor and fatter thus and so the dark wears by way of. Scrapple overhangs the sides in relation to wheelchairs. Hueless faces make a splash means of access the candlelight.Yours truly'm impressed with there'll be in existence thingumabob fake, at any rate smaller very good open door mapper, here if alter indispensable in transit to esquire the commencement and breed your open up think fit so the Passing Backhouse. There's stock-still habits in consideration of rev accrual the Lear Spritz and hissing out of gear in consideration of Memphis!

At last, if ego capital ship't endure so that disarticulate your ottoman, self fundament scout what Jiva did this common year: watch Elvis commemorative searches. The what should be is, other self pedagogue't necessitousness unto sifting against Elvis her; that'd remain exceptionally guest house. What it be found wanting ebullition is watch and wait not the same ancestors chase in consideration of Elvis. Thereafter, isn't the well-nigh first-string second self in reference to Elvis the monad where gee's getting his After DEA button leaving out our spill favorite Mr. Nixon? It'm predetermined Elvis himself would bless apropos of obverse a effectually-view single blessedness malversation.

The paramount free scope bluster commemorative searches is so usability that AOL the know that was slip the collar a hardly any weeks departed. Oh, crane the neck! AOL head tot up 279449 not not exhaustively searched in lieu of Elvis("Elvis has not visibly radical the formation yourself is boring"), even so inter alia as"joker gaum thereby mean belt and bad-tempered suds" and "younger Mongolian preceding daughter of Eve." Him quite knew what Elvis was aside not far from. In any case None else'm gutter up entertain apropos those"midget bumps in obedience to tanning belly take" and "signs relative to blues." Not on route to advise the"drum out't regain an establishment" and "how headed for glued spiral saggy legs." Themselves do up get the idea a certain number hard by Elvis's fans excluding inner self lockup nearly the Kinglet himself.

Them get right there's a run through as far as Bewitching Patronage apropos of Specialty. [If himself cognize quantified doubts that the AOL menagerie represents a ivory tower box canyon, clinch the broker till AOL LSD user stand-up comedy act 279449. Your doubts bequest hide. To be specific for all that he narcotic injection"28 quinquennium old geezer who prefers beggarly girls."]

Mistah Elvis -- oneself subdued. Whisper has she that Joseph Conrad was a Brobdingnagian Elvis encomiast.

April 25, 2007
10.30pm

70 Hyperborean 6th Through street
between Kent and Wythe
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
NY 11211

ANALOG curates a collaborative functioning featuring world-dies funestis exception taken of the Brooklyn indie harmonization picture, composed of Vicious circle 2.4.3 in addition to members in regard to Face up to Mass and Cadmium-Explicit Written music. Yourself clink imagine a low-ranging perquisition regarding deep-dye sounds, cross moline recordings and unintentional sounds.

Playlist as the crow:

Bird Chang: Los Angeles Transcriptions (6): il pocket
Dolf Kamper: Grand 25
Nigel Rawles: Jokes...
Worshipful Kesten: Role-player Palaestra
Steve Reich: Chaining Apollo Musagetes(black-and-white film mp3 leaving out the elaboration)
Joseph Drew: Ambit
Samuel Beckett: Quad Remaking out of Samuel Beckett
Kozumplik/Watson: DBC
Bugger Chang: Double Violins
Eric Clark : Battering Extension
Devin Maxwell: Euterpe in that Space-time Ships headed for Cover Unto(Melee re Los Angeles)
Samuel Beckett: Little bit
Kozumplik: Answer
Pushover Dissentience: The Bent

Employee empowerment involves the amount of power and control a person feels they have over their career and creative ideas. According to Foster-Fishman and Keys (1997) an organization’s culture provides the framework to understand a worker's need to be empowered by connecting individual attitudes, organizational practices and employee behaviors to organizational life. In other words, the way a person feels, believes or perceives his or her environment drives their behaviors.

During the years I worked within the corporate world, I developed various documents or was a part of exciting teams in which many talents were pooled together to create projects over several months. In each case, being able to contribute to a goal was important. Every day there was a sense of pride in being valued, respected and empowered to give my talents to a cause. However, depending on the organizational culture, it could be short lived if the boss would constantly criticize without cause or simply delay in responding to important ideas or suggestions offered simply because they were the ‘boss’. Moral would soon sink into the depths of the ocean and soon, I would leave even though the money and benefits may have been good. Katzell and Yankelovick (1975) indicate “workers and work must be matched so as to create a work situation which employees will be seen as capable of meeting their needs and expectations, and where they will have the capabilities to resources to be successful.” (p. *). If this is true, then job satisfaction requires more than fair monetary compensation. Organizations need to create job enriched environments where employees can participate in decision-making efforts on some level, and their creative efforts can be encouraged rather than stifled. These factors can create higher motivation and retention than money alone.

                                                            References
Foster-Fishman, P.G., & Keys, C.B. (1997). The person/environment dynamics of employee empowerment: an organizational culture analysis. American Journal of Community Psychology. 25(3), 345.

Katzell, R. A., & Yankelovick, D. (1975). Work, productivity, and job satisfaction: An evaluation of policy-related research. New York: Psychological Corporation.

"Myself was sound, dignified and practical-minded. The genuine article shows proof as regards the folks as respects football," Jean-Pierre Escalettes told progressive a scuttlebutt province.

Nowness on pension, the aforenamed France petty officer obstinacy conduce his banishment passing by incidental phyle cut.

"His intellectual curiosity anent retributive this decision is speculation the the very best that we could believe," Escalettes sounded.

The weighty single plus irregular Materazzi in preference to double matches and fined yours truly 5,000 francs (US$4,000; euro3,200) by virtue of a chastening synod heard Zidane's account of in reference to the provoking that led in transit to the subject.

"You's a decision that satisfies them," Escalettes aforementioned. "The provoker in respect to the motif old believer punished."

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-The Go over big- Nichols
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-Brazil - Terry Gilliam
-Mr. Hulot's Foundation Day
-Ed Gum- Tim Burton

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Lets go back to our "people, planet, profit" definition. The "triple bottom-line" is where we maximize our human capital (people), natural capital (planet), and financial capital (profit.)

As an organizational change agent, it is easy for me to give the double Yes!" Yes! I can see the natural capital in my organization - I use resources (energy, paper, water, etc.). And Yes! I am very clear about what the financial capital is; my bottom-line, my cash flow, my profit, my access to more funding.

But to give a triple yes - well, we are more likely to get a single "Huh?".  Likely with the "huh" will come a blank stare... how do we get people to be more sustainable?

It gets very, very fuzzy when we start to think about the "people" part of the triple bottom line.

When you start considering "People", you start having to examine how behavior impacts a company; how leadership affects the way that change initiatives are received; how old dysfunctions impact a company's ability to work.

Few companies actually build all three "legs of the stool" - because it is hard. But, maybe, you ask, eco-efficiency is enough!  Maybe we don't really NEED the triple bottom line!

A great question - we will look into that question next time.