J’s Ramblings

Emotional Contagion

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Emotional Contagion – is it some disease? Well – it can be bad, for you, but can also be very good! Zig Ziglar greats people – morning, noon, and even at night – by saying ‘Good Morning!’ And he has found that 80% of people reply right back – ‘Good Morning’ – no matter what time of day it is. Zig uses this to prove ‘you get what you put out.’  He then discusses that getting people to like you is only 10% up to the other people.  90% of it is what you do – how you act.  If you are nice to

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Organizational Behavior

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I started my first class this week on my journey to an MBA! Organization Behavior – something many businesses do not work at near enough.  Unfortunately other things – the hear and now stuff – like profits, products, prices, and other priorities get in the way of doing things that can really make your business grow. Organizational Behavior is all about systems.  How do we create a business system that can generate profits, serve the customer, keep the employees happy, and work in the society we live in. I am really enjoying this topic.  The soft business skills really intrigue me.  I am a

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Obama on ‘making a difference’

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I am Canadian! I will shout it from the rooftops – as I am proud to be CANADIAN! But I truly believe that the USA has a great leader.  Obama has class – in many ways. This answer to the question ‘Have you ever regretted running for President’ is very eloquent, and I think this is my favorite mini-speech from Obama that I have heard yet. Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> By the way – if you want some other info / coverage of President Obama – check out http://my.alltop.com/obama

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Art of Innovation – Guy Kawasaki

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Last week was at a conference where the Keynote speaker was Guy kawasaki.  He had an excellent discussion on 10 truths on the art of  innovation. 1- Make meaning!  Set out to change the world! The companies that want to make meaning have a better chance of succeeding.  The companies that want to make money fail as they attract the wrong people. You have to want to make the world a better place! 2 – Make a mantra (not a mission statement – too complex).  By having a 3-4 word mantra – you can inspire your staff and keep them all working together. 3

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Distributed Learning Symposium

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I am attending the Distributed Learning Symposium in Calgary.  The first key note right after breakfast was Curtis Johnson – co-author of Disrupted Class a book about disrupted learning. I think this is a great concept, as a times a natural progression is just not enough to keep up with what is happening, and it does not lead to jumps in advancements. By disrupting the normal learning models – moving to some variation of online or other distributed learning models can be the way we will finally make learning work for a much larger percentage of learners. Curtis Johnson states that we are presently

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