Water Cooler Wisdom

Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It

Can you imagine a workplace with no pointless meetings, no boss hovering over your shoulder, and no punishment for arriving at 9:05AM? Two online friends of mine, Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson , have just released a new book based on their popular Results-Only Read More...

Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments

Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Creativity & Innovation, Employment Trends, Business, HR Issues, Life Balance, Productivity, Work

Innovation is Nothing Without Execution

Touche, Scot Herrick. Over at Cube Rules , Scot suggests that innovation may be overrated, and that innovation means very little without the ability to execute on great ideas. Innovation is important, says Scot, because we all need to be adapting to the Read More...

Posted Friday, January 04, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments

Filed under: Best Practices, Creativity & Innovation, Business, Management, Productivity, Project Management

Without This Business Skill, You're Dead

My colleague Steve Rubel participated in a teleconference for PR professionals hosted by the Public Relations Society of America . During the session, the moderator, Peter Himler , asked him what three essential sites or tools that professionals should Read More...

Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Creativity & Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Business, Work

Drink the Kool-Aid, Or Else

A wonderful post from Heather Mundell at lifeatwork cites a recent article by Creating Passionate Users’ author Kathy Sierra, and I can tell you that from my perspective, this one really hit a nerve. In the piece, Knocking the Exuberance Out of Employees Read More...

Posted Monday, October 16, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 6 Comments

Filed under: Creativity & Innovation, Business, Job Hunting, Office Politics