How are you going to make change happen and learn to enjoy it, relish it and want more of it?

I’m going to dress nicer for work, show up at the office earlier, do my best work and lead by example.  It is time to step it up.

I’m reading Made to Stick. The timing is excellent….

HT: my friend Carrie who shared it on Facebook

We need to make information simple.

We need to listen and organize and purge.

We need to be patient with those around us who adapt at different rates.

We need to revisit our approach.

I just watched this “Web 2.0″ video again.  It is information overload.  Yet, it also is about managing external perception.  It is about social networking and Twitter and blogs and hyperlinks and sharing information.  (It’s also linked with several other FAQ related videos, right here on this blog.)

The Machine is Us/ing Us

We need to slow down.  We do not need to speed up.

We need to stop multi-tasking.  We need to say no.

We need to say less, spend more time being the expert, and less time marketing.

I’ve said “we” a lot here.  That’s because “I” think “I” have some ideas that “I” think will help make other people’s lives more enjoyable, more simple, more balanced, more about what “we” want our lives to be about.

Stay tuned!

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I’m going back to watching physics lectures.

UPDATE: 12/14/2008: Another big change…  This blog got rebranded…  Now, it’s TechProfound. Guess what?!  It’ll all just work…

Here’s a quick note to mention a bit of a change happening here on Tweblog.com.  I’m going to start posting more geek stuff and more work related things.  With my new job (Stay tuned for more on that soon!) and with the creation of MegaDrivel.com, I am branching off “because i got stuff to say” as a separate blog.  Now, Tweblog.com will be tagged as “geek w/ social skillz” and MegaDrivel.com will be tagged as “because i got stuff to say”.  Of course, I can always do whatever I want with both blogs.  I’m just trying to segment some different passions into different places.  If it works, cool!  If it doesn’t work, oh well.  For now, it is what it is.  Enjoy!

UPDATE 11/22/2008: I set this post to be “sticky” and stay at the top of the home page.  I’m just doing this for a little while, during the transition…  There are new posts, right below this one!

I recently listened to a couple podcasts about leadership and read a blog post that talked about leadership.  Being behind on my listening and reading, they all ‘happened’ to come back-to-back-to-back as I was catching up.  I’d like to share.  I do not have any expectations that you will read or listen to all of this.  I just want to “put it out there” and to make it available.

From what I know now and what I have experienced in my life up to this point, I think that great leadership is the most desired quality for any organization.  I think a lot of people can figure things out and a lot of people can learn how to manage and get things done.  Leadership is different than that.  Leadership takes a willingness and desire to inspire, guide, model, listen, challenge, adapt, create, adjust, quit, start, build, reflect, document, and learn.  There are a couple more verbs that I think are critical.  Leadership requires that one must be personally responsible and one must be personally accountable.  I think managers are plug-and-play.  I think leaders are yearn-and-strive.

What are your thoughts about leadership or about this view of leadership?

I’m listening.

Wisconsin is just another Midwest place.  –>  Wisconsin is cool for how loyal people are, how simple people are, how honest people are, and how good the beer is.    (Believe it or not, in MN, I was asked, “They still make that s&!t?” and told, “I’m surprised we had any of that stuff around.” (That’s in relation to PBR!)  That’s practical blasphemy in Sconnieland.

Maybe these are major transformations!?!?

WHAT’S NEXT?!

The application form would be easily completed within a short period of time.

The job requirements would ask for what is truly required to do the job.

No one would be invited to interview for a job that is already filled.

Applicants would receive an acknowledgement notice once their application is received.

They would also get an estimate as to how long the screening process would take.

The people conducting the interviews would be trained in interviewing and would ask job-related questions.

There would be no game-playing during the interview process.

The selection decision would be solely based upon merit.

Applicants who were not selected would be told about the decision.

Successful applicants would go through an informative orientation program.

That’s a direct quote from Michael Wade’s Execupundit.com blog post.

[HT: Clint Covington]