Do you have a heavy, non-useful contact? I did.
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication
Oh the possible poetry of language. And oh what a mess we can make of it, more mess and muck than clear communication. Take jargon for example. Professional jargon. Like a dentist. Like my dentist (that’s him above). Despite the hardware in my mouth recently, I had to laugh when he turned to his assistant […]
Tags: communication
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone ~ Picasso
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication
Personality traits are telling. So are assessments. Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Could there be a more Destination Life Lens™ saying? I think not! Personality traits of a Destination Life Lenses™ on a good day: focused eye on the goal get things done […]
Tags: destination lens, life lenses, pablo picasso
Crazy making bureaucratic, hair-tearing out form
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Training & development
Bureaucracy can move mountains. It can systematize what’s repetitive, streamlining processes & people with an elegance & ease that’s sorely needed. Bureaucracy can be a pain in the arse. It can make the most simple things so complex that a triple PhD is required to navigate your way through it. We all come into contact […]
Tags: bureaucracy, communication
Training & development learning well March blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Communication, Training & development
Sit up, take notice & look back before looking forward to next month. If you didn’t catch all the posts this month simply usher yourself down to the well & click as you wish. Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into the learning well or take a small sip. Shower […]
Tags: assumptions, communication, complexity, culture, education, heath brothers, ignorance, maasai, risk management, shelby edwards, switch
Near miss – because you can’t look up & down a the same time
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication
Carrot Life Lenses™ look down. They see the details. Mountain Life Lenses™ look up. They see patterns and trends. No matter where you’re looking, you’ll see some things and you’ll miss some things. You can’t look everywhere with ease. The key is to know where you naturally look and where you don’t look … and […]
Tags: carrot lens, mountain lens, perspective
What if God had an answering machine
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Humor & comedy
My friend Dolly Hopkins sent me an email with examples of what God might record if he/she had an answering machine. The original post is from a blog called Le Padre ver Livre. It’s a great example of a different kind of perspective & if you read this blog regularly you know I’m a fan […]
Tags: god, le padre ver livre, perspective
Assumptions – an example for how to id & avoid them
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication
Assumptions. We all make them. All the time. What’s worse is we’re usually unaware that we’re making them. Assumptions that is. They’re devilishly difficult to identify. They play with our heads and how we see what’s in front of our face and fortune. A great example of id’ing & avoiding assumptions is Melodie Biringer of […]
Tags: assumptions, melodie biringer
Putting the social in social media: testing a drum some 14,000 km away
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication
Here’s to space cowboys – those of us using social media in interesting & intriguing ways to transform workplace learning. Check out this recent example. (Okay, it’s technically not a workplace example but it’s easy peasy to use a similar technique in the workplace.) The context: my sister-in-law was visiting us in Africa & being […]
Tags: social media
Global perspective – what sound does your heart beat?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Creativity & innovation
From a global perspective, what song does your heart beat? Something with choreographed symbols and full on symphony or are you more African beat and wild abandon? Perhaps the husky, whiskey soaked hue of the blues or the smoky eyes and dark night blues? Take a look, lend an ear. And repeat: what sound does […]
Tags: global perspective, heart beat, song
Spontaneous heartfelt Jen Louden shoots from the hip AND the heart
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication
Spontaneous and heartfelt is how I’d describe the fabulous Jen Louden. I was listening to her on a teleseminar a while back. In an inspired moment of brilliance she said, describing herself, I shoot from the hip and the heart. Flashbulbs went off for me. It’s a perfect combination of Go Life Lens™ and Heart […]