Latest Blog Posts for My Flexible Pencil

• Living in New England just went south
  on Apr 17, 2013 in Family Random observations reflection teaching
  My family and I live up in southern New Hampshire, about 1 hour north of Boston and the mayhem that followed yesterday's race. My wife and I moved here in 2002, after we met in Washington, DC and live there for four years. We left the busy-ness of...
• Anticipation vs responsiveness
  on Apr 11, 2013 in Behavior & Culture Business Management Business strategy Management Planning
  individuals and organizations still struggle with being proactive and preventing problems. My explanation comes by way of a saying I once wrote on a whiteboard in a co-worker's cubicle when the powers-that-be in that organization were touting the vi...
• Five types of toys, and a lesson for the grown-ups
  on Apr 10, 2013 in Business Management Family purpose Strategy
  Like most parents, I buy my kids toys. I buy them mostly for Holidays and birthdays, and sometimes just because I can, and sometimes because I can't listen to the begging any more, too. On top of that, there are the presents from other people, the...
• It’s just a half glass of water.
  on Apr 9, 2013 in Behavior & Culture Continuous Improvement Random observations attitudes BeFlexible Critical and Creative Thinking
  The old question, "Is the glass half empty or half full?" draws the line between optimists and pessimists. Deciding if the glass is half empty or half full, however, is more about seeing the future, or believing that you can, than it is about seeing...
• Training and Education – What is the correct value for you?
  on Apr 4, 2013 in Education Operational Excellence Team Building & Human Capital learning motivation Planning purpose teaching
  As Continuous Improvement practitioners, it is natural (even a passion) to always seek ways to improve ourselves and the value we drive to our colleagues and the companies for which we work. During our quest for this personal and professional develo...
• If the student has not learned, the teacher has not taught
  on Apr 3, 2013 in Behavior & Culture Operational Excellence Team Building & Human Capital Uncategorized learning Management teaching Team Building value waste
  For all of us with children, we understand that each of our kids understand things in their own way and, to complicate things, the way they absorb information tends to change slightly as they develop. As business professionals, however, we tend to i...
• Pushing through disillusionment
  on Apr 2, 2013 in Behavior & Culture Random observations attitudes BeFlexible Business strategy Creative Problem Solving motivation purpose
  Achieving a goal is often just about working through the grind. There will be disappointments and more than enough rejection, and dejection to go around at times, however, that's when determination comes in to play. Humility is necessary, because w...
• Delegating by capacity
  on Mar 28, 2013 in Behavior & Culture Operational Excellence Team Building & Human Capital Corporate Culture Leadership learning Management purpose
  Delegating is supposed to be about understanding the work flowing through your organization and then assigning that work based on skill sets and availability of the resources within your control. What I've experienced in far too many situations, how...
• The Easter Egg Hunt and perfectly normal disorganization
  on Mar 26, 2013 in Family Operational Excellence Random observations Creative Problem Solving Management operational excellence
  Our small town up here in New Hampshire hosted an Easter Egg Hunt and, of course, with a couple hundred children between the ages of 2 and 10 milling about, things went along….well, let’s just say they went along. The organizers of the event scu...
• Career advice? Listen to yourself and believe in what you believe in.
  on Mar 25, 2013 in Behavior & Culture Random observations Team Building & Human Capital career Management people
  I was approached by someone recently who was seeking some career advice.  Worn out by the politics of his current environment, he felt under appreciated and at serious risk of being put out to pasture, mostly for trying to do his best, yet misinterp...

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