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July 15, 2015
The 8 Kinds of Leadership Your Team Needs from You
We hear the phrase “think outside the box” a lot. If “the box” is something that is stifling creativity, it sounds like something to avoid. But when “the box” is a framework that smart leaders use to get better results from their teams, it is something...
July 8, 2015
Notes Everywhere!
Notes are an important part of my digital lifestyle. I write a lot, and mostly on paper and notebooks! I use notes everywhere and all the time. This is the reason I need an effective system to permit me seamlessly and transparently to be more productive!
Note-taking and writing are an important part of my digital experience and one integral part of my personal knowledge management system!
I write for my blog, for business development, for projects, for e-learning, for books, and for many ot...
July 3, 2015
The Other Side of the Fence
What do you think about fences! This is something I was thinking walking down the street and looking the fence around a deserted factory! It was a brilliant factory unit when it started to operate, but now it was abandoned. The technology and the economy have conspired to render it obsolete! But something has maintained its operation and signified a “do not trespass” warning. Its fence. And that remind me about the barriers and fences in your life. Either the existing ones or the ones existin...
July 1, 2015
55 Content Creation Tools
In my line of work, I use many tools! I’m imaging that you also need varioustools to do your work better and more efficiently! The usage of right tools for the tasks at handis something that separates the professional from the amateur. But having the tools is not enough. You should have spent some time to use them in a proper way (i.e. a productive way!). One major category of tools for today’s business is the content development tools!
Today’s industry of infotainment,...
June 29, 2015
How to Boost Up Your Productivity
Productivity is an essentialfactor in today personal and professional life. It is important for everyone want to improve the conditions of his or her life. Furthermore, it is important for anyone wants to do more and make a difference! Productivity it is defined in different ways, by different people. But, in essence, it means to do the things you ought to do in a more efficient way.
There are many ways and methods to help you boost up your productivity. Among them are included:
MIT (Most...June 22, 2015
Slow a Little Bit, to Move Forward
I was in a traffic jam in the morning, trying to find the best possible route to an appointment I had! Athens can be a difficult place to circulate sometimes, especially when the weather is not good (as was today). Anyway, I was in my car, looking in front of me the traffic lights and a terrible bottleneck! The cars were at a halt while nothing moving around and no one could do anything, but waiting! But waiting, actually, was the solution, because after just two successions of the traffic li...
June 19, 2015
5 Hard To Ignore Pros of Youth Leadership Summer Programs
Summer is the best time for young professionals as well as students to eliminate academic stress and develop leadership skills to bring positive changes. Energetic and fun-filled summer activities not only help teenagers to discover their potential but also empower them to boost their confidence, motivation, knowled...
June 17, 2015
Decision Free Leadership?
I love stories! It is a way you can learn a lot of things and a mode of communication can enrich your imagination! When I was young, one of my favor stories was the story about Alexander the Great and the Gordian Knot! I always admired the resolve and the decisiveness of Alexander in the face of that particular problem. Of course, at the time, I thought it was a story as the rest I heard by my parents! Only when I become a little older I realize that it was a true story of those my ancestors...
June 15, 2015
Writing Strategies for e-Learning
Writing is a difficult process, per se! It is not easy to be confronted by an empty space (or screen) trying to find your tempo and rhythm while you have run out of ideas! But it is more difficult when you’re writing for e-Learning purposes. In e-learning and instructional design, you should be prompt, exact and on the point! You also need to write in a way that would lure your trainees in a story that aims to change their behavior and attitude towards certain situations and events!
When yo...
June 8, 2015
Startup Is Not All That Hype
There is a widespread belief, that startups today are hype! Well, actually, they are not! Usually they are dirty, crowded with “child diseases” and create a large amount of stress to its originators!
A newly founded business, aiming to prove a new model of operation, usually starts very simply. It comprise of a basic idea and its originator, possibly a friend or two of the originator, one or two PC, an internet connection (or more), minimal infrastructure (routers, acti...
