In many professions, what used to matter most were abilities associated with the left side of the brain: linear, sequential, spreadsheet kind of faculties. Those still matter, but they're not enough. What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking. These skills have become first among equals in a whole range of business fields. --Daniel Pink on CNN.com
Psychology and the Mind
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November 10, 2008
Why we must crawl back in our hominid cave and can we really mutate fast enough to make up the difference?
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October 01, 2008
September 19, 2008
Modern Angst in the Downturn Economy or Where Did My Personal Assets Go?
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jackddeal which goes to show the old adage "live and learn" does not always apply... |
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jackddeal many still think in exactly the same ways as they did before the "personal assets" crash... |
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jackddeal most are showing visible signs of depression yet never question their original assumptions and perceptions... |
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jackddeal while in the Bay Area not everyone is in foreclosure, but many folks have seen their "personal assets" cut in half...ditto self esteem... |
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jackddeal for those that have pegged their self worth to their "personal assets", the stumble of late has been a shift in the Gestalt...ha.... |
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jackddeal just think of how the concept "personal assets" has changed... |
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jackddeal this is especially hard for those that have spent years and dedades building up those cherished perceptions only to see them crumble... |
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jackddeal sorry, the old perceptions are no longer lining up and matching 'reality' causing a sense of angst...or desperation... |
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jackddeal what appears to be happening is the old perceptions have quickly |
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jackddeal some people are getting desperate; especially the overextended, but there is also a lot of opportunity right now... |
September 10, 2008
The Chamber of Commerce Executive Director's Package or How Can You Get Paid if You Don't Find the Money?
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jackddeal Part of the "executive package" is that the Chamber of Commerce executive director must raise money to pay herself. |  |
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jackddeal Hence, the ubiquitous job postings for Chamber Executive Directors. | |
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jackddeal As their cash flow has diminished, the Chambers' ability to hire and retain good staff had diminished as well. | |
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jackddeal So in effect the Chamber Mixer became a big "let's sell to ourselves" exercise, as rarely do non-Chamber members attend the mixers. | |
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jackddeal New Chamber members were told to bring their "pitches" and stack of business cards and hand them out at the mixers; a true sales fest! | |
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jackddeal The badly maligned "Chamber Mixers" would help serve this referrals networking function. | |
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jackddeal In the 'old days' most of the better local businesses were members of the Chamber of Commerce but today that is no longer the case. | |
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jackddeal Actually this Chamber referral source idea died in the 1970's and 1980's and was in reality not a member benefit by 2000. | |
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jackddeal local consumers were looking for businesses and a good way to find reliable businesses was through the local Chamber's member list... | |
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jackddeal The "Buy Local" programs have simply become obsolete as the concept of local has lost its meaning. |
September 09, 2008
When One Player is So Much Better Than the Other or DNA Testing for Babygate?
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Jeffrey Tobin on CNN: "Sarah's speech was so much better than Joe Biden's" ...groan...where's Hillary, Chairman Burton? |  |
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Donna Brazile criticizes Sarah as 'style over substance'...groan...how lame can we be? We best be worried because Sarah could fillet Joe... | |
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fire Donna Brazile too...she seems to think Good Ole Boy Joe will walk all over Sarah in their debate...groan...have we lost our senses? | |
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once again Chairman Bill Burton's inane statments ring hollow and do a disservice...when will Bill be canned? groan... | |
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After Sarah's speech, Wolf Blitzer asked, 'did Obama make a mistake in picking Biden over Hillary?' duh... | |
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DNA testing? groan...flip on the TV and you see Sarah's daughter sitting next to her fiance...groan...call off the attack dogs, Burton... | |
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DNA testing? time to call off the dogs, Chairman Burton...groan... | |
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it looks as if every single comment and statement we make is a gaffe and has the appearance of amateurs...Burton style...can him now... | |
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how quickly we Dems forget 2004 and the mistakes we made then and appear to be repeating now...acting arrogant as only we are ever right... | |
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Burton (or someone) gets Obama to say the election is only about the economy, he better text message John and Sarah and remind them... |
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September 06, 2008
Why Negative Brain Plasticity is Bad for Your Head and Your Political Campaign
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jackddeal why would Chairman Burton want to bring up race? will that help Obama in the midwest? groan...it's a negative brain plasticity campaign... |  |
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jackddeal in about 4 weeks 'good looking' Sarah is going to meet Mr. Experience Joe and what will that look like? groan...maybe Joe can cancel | |
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jackddeal if this goes on for another week or two the Obama campaign will begin to lose all credibility...unless Joe's gaffes can outshine Sarah... | |
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jackddeal if we don't get rid of Burton now how can we hope to stop the Sarah train? hope? Burton is full of hope... | |
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jackddeal coming out of the conventions tied and with Sarah momentum is not where we Demos need to be... | |
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jackddeal the campaign is confused and bewildered and hoping for a break somewhere...maybe a good Joe gaffe will deflect attention from Sarah... |
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The Independent Vs. Dependent Employee: Twilight Zone, Paycheck, Work History, Exploitations, Workflow, Contrasts, Job Description
pendent vs. Independent Employee 
Conceptual extremes help us build a framework for better understanding. The two extremes in this article are human extremes -- opposites that we all have seen and experienced.
Of course the real world is not so kind as to give us neatly bound packages of understanding. There are too many gray areas, too many twilight zones and just plain holes in our limited capabilities. Trying to put something like the human mind in a framework is not only futile but also agonizingly frustrating. Employees are people and people are complex beings. As we look across various types of behaviors and attitudes it is important we try to begin to make some sense. Dependence and Independence are admittedly labels. Despite all the asterisks, here are some observations on dependent and independent employees:
- The dependent employee feels entitled to a paycheck. The independent employee feels he earns a paycheck by bringing value to the company.
- Dependent employees are happy with the status quo while independents are on the prowl for improvement and opportunity.
- Dependent employees downplay their lost opportunities of the past; independents have taken advantage of opportunities many times.
- Dependent employees come to work because they have to; independent employees are interested, driven and optimistic.
- Dependent employees see us vs. them; independent employees see us and us.
- Dependent employees are defensive; independent employees are interested in increased responsibilities.
- Dependent employees feel they are constantly being exploited; independent employees know value.
- The dependent employee is mired in the status quo; the independent employee is challenged and has suggestions and ideas.
- The dependent employee views his work history as a series of exploitations and bad luck; the independent employee sees his planned career as the realization of personal ambition.
- The dependent employee has years of experience; the independent employee has years of self-improvement.
- The dependent employee's goals are vacation and retirement; the independent employee's goal is success.
- The dependent employee allows personal problems to interfere with work performance; the independent employee takes care of his personal life so he can focus when working.
- The dependent employee disrupts workflow when upset or unhappy; the independent employee states the problem to management and offers to help resolve it.
- Dependent employees shun anything outside their job description; independent employees make good sound decisions that are in the company's best interest.
Perhaps the contrasts are a bit exaggerated. Yet the point still is very clear -- those employees that are mean-spirited and selfish bring the company little value. A clear thinking, motivated independent employee will constantly have the company's best interest at heart. These two extremes are worlds apart and bring very different business results!
Jack D. Deal
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