Don’t Perform in an Exit! A true story from a professional improv comedian
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Humor & comedy
Did you know that Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. is both a training and entertainment company? The latest Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. e-newsletter just hit the stands, err inbox. Read the full issue here or sign up to receive your free monthly copy here. In this issue Diana Frances, VP of Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. & Director of Entertainment, pulls back the […]
Tags: comedian, diana frances, improv, training & development
Bringing ease & efficiency – say it with me ‘ease & efficiency’ – to you & your life
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
Who wants some ease? Some efficiency? When time is tight, demands are high and stress is all you can see and feel around you … bring on the ease & efficiency. When time is loose, demands are low and stress is a dot on the far horizon, still … bring on more ease & efficiency. […]
Tags: ease, efficiency, jodi womack, typeit4me
Funny resources for Getting Organized in the Google Era
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
The latest Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. e-newsletter reviewed Douglas Merrill’s funky book ‘Getting Organized in the Google Era’. Here are some resources to help you stay on top (with a giggle even) instead of feeling trapped by things to do. Take a lighthearted look about getting clear about what’s truly important – as unusual as it may […]
Tags: douglas merrill, google, orangutan, organization, procrastination, rock.paper.scissors newsletter, rut
Resources to help you get organized in the Google era
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
The latest Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. e-newsletter reviewed Douglas Merrill’s funky book ‘Getting Organized in the Google Era’. Here are some resources to help you stay on top instead of feeling smothered under by things to do. Check out Douglas Merrill’s book here– it’s an easy, informative, entertaining read. Want more tips on how to stay calm […]
Tags: a perfect mess, douglas merrill, getting organized in the google era, resources, rock.paper.scissors newsletter, tools
Getting Organized in the Google Era – or how to ski to Thailand
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
My last post described 4 main takeaways from Douglas Merrill’s ‘Organizing in the Age of Google’. Here are four more, specifically related to his top tip –> Search. If you only keep in your head what you truly need then what do you do with the rest? “Don’t file information search for it,” are […]
Tags: cloud, douglas merrill, email, google, mozy, organization in the age of google, search, things, virtual assistant
‘Organizing in the Google Era’ – a review of Douglas Merrill’s book
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
Douglas Merrill, author of Getting Organized in the Google Era, has creds. He has a PhD in cognitive science, he’s the former CIO at Google, the former President of EMI Music’s digital unit and current CEO & co-founder of ZestCash.com. Equally important the approach he takes in his book is funny, funky and surprisingly tender […]
Tags: as above so below, douglas merrill, einstein, emi, getting organized in the google era, google, organization, zestcash
How do you see success? A view from a clown & the Life Lenses™
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
I had my chuckle of the day when a client, from the organization called S.U.C.C.E.S.S no less, sent me the above cartoon. What’s your idea of success? It’s a perspective clearing question. Your aim is true and clear if you know what you value success-wise. Here are some lenses on success. Success from a Carrot […]
Tags: carrot lens, destination lens, go lens, head lens, heart lens, journey lens, life lenses, mountain lens, randy glasbergen, stop lens, success
Storytelling as a culture builder – 3 funny resources to help you get storytelling
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Human resources
Storytelling is an underused strategic tool for building and maintaining great organizations. In my last two posts I covered 9 tips to help you get storytelling and three resources to help you get going. Now for three funny resources to tickle your storytelling funny bone: 1. Listen to how this feisty grandma, a former nurse, […]
Tags: corporate storytelling, jeanne robertson, periodic table of storytelling, storytelling
Storytelling as a culture builder – 3 resources to help you get storytelling
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Human resources
Storytelling is a strategic tool for building organizational culture, managing change, teambuilding and more. In my last post I covered 9 tips to help you get storytelling. Here are three resources to assist you in your storytelling journey: Check out Springboard, the classic book by Stephen Denning, considered the grand-daddy of using storytelling as an […]
Tags: corporate storytelling, Daniel Pink, heath brothers, made to stick, springboard, stephen denning, storytelling
Storytelling as a culture builder – how feather dusters & snow globes can help
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Human resources
‘Tell me a story’ are words to make most people’s blood pressure increase. Just as North American corporate audiences don’t tend to sing or draw in public, we don’t tend to tell stories either. Or do we? The background story We all tell stories and we tell them all the time. We just may not […]
Tags: change management, Daniel Pink, echo memoirs, engagement, infographics, made to stick, organizational culture, sam reynolds, storytelling