Friday, March 24, 2006

Quotes & Links

From Andrew Taylor writing at The Artful Manager comes this good story from Port Phillip, Australia where they measure "smiles per hour" as one of their Sustainable Community Progress Indicators.
Let's assume you wanted to foster a sustainable and vibrant community over time, and you wanted to be publicly accountable to that goal along the way. What would you do? The city of Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia, came up with 13 indicators of what they believed to be a sustainable community, and then dared to publish their progress for all to see. The Sustainable Community Progress Indicators (SCPI) project is an attempt to focus the efforts of a city and its citizens toward making real progress.
Read the full posting here.
 
 
From Ken Thompson writing at The Bumble Bee comes this interesting posting on teams:

There are four myths about teams which are particularly deadly because each of them is nearly true.

Myth1: Talent is the most important thing in any team
Myth2: The team’s goals won't suddenly change without anyone realising it
Myth3: 'Collaboration' means basically the same thing to all team members
Myth4: You should always play 'win-win'

Read the full posting here.

From Jory DesJardins writing at Pause comes up with this great advice:

All I can tell them is that blogging forces expertise. You must read and interact in order to have something to say. If you don't want to have something to say, don't blog. And don't read blogs. Sure, you can read trade publications, but the act of blogging enforces a deeper thinking of your craft. It's hard to blog about something that you haven't grappled with and come to a conclusion on in some way.

Read the full posting here.

 

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