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Ground Rules for Productive Meetings
This post introduces an essay on leading and facilitating effective teamwork and meetings.
Meetings fail for three primary reasons. One, the purpose was unclear. Two, meetings fail because they are poorly planned. Three, ...
Tough Trees and Growth Rings
The late Dr. Alex Shigo, author of accessible books on trees and former Chief Scientist of the U.S. Forest Service, described trees thusly:
“Trees are superior survival organisms. They live longer, grow taller, and become ...
How to Read the News and Articles
When reading anything, we want to prepare our mind. Mindless reading is like mindless eating. Be intentional and discerning in reading and application. Consider this simple approach for assessing the quality, credibility and ...
Managing Businesses that Rely on Creative Activities
This post introduces an essay with ideas on coordinating different types of work.
Aside from the entrepreneurial artist (e.g. Andy Warhol) or writer (e.g. James Patterson) or inventor (e.g. Dean Kamen), most individuals that live ...
Brooks on Books: Recommendations on Recommending
Books have been a hugely important part of my life. As a kid, when Mom took us to the mall, I loved going to B. Dalton bookstores and Waldenbooks. [I’d get so excited that, within ten minutes of walking the aisles, I’d need to ...
Managing Yourself
This post introduces an essay with ideas and resources on personal productivity. It is the third in a three-part series on entrepreneurship.
Like other business owners, I learned along the way and grew into my role as a CEO. ...
Stories 2020: How Did It Go?
In 2017, I began submitting and tracking my fiction writing and then posted updates in 2018 and 2019. How did it go during 2020?
In 2020, I submitted versions and revisions of 33 stories 128 times to 64 different outlets. This ...
Ideas for Managers
This post introduces an essay with advice on managing a business, setting expectations and working with teams. It is the second in a three-part series on entrepreneurship.
Starting Forisk Consulting was not part of a ...
Ideas for Entrepreneurs
This post introduces an essay with advice on starting a business. It is the first in a three-part series.
Forisk is not my first business. In elementary school, after reading all of the Encyclopedia Brown mystery books from ...
Multitasking is a Myth
This post introduces a recent essay on the dangers of multitasking and the importance of deliberately choosing priorities and focusing attention.
The world seems determined to manipulate our attention and encourage us to ...
We All Lead by Example
This post introduces a recent essay on four imperatives for living and leading by example.
When we smile, others smile back. When someone enters an elevator, we move to make room. When audience members stand to applaud at an ...
Average is the Enemy
This post introduces a recent essay on the danger of using averages for making decisions or evaluating performance.
Mathematically, the average tells us the arithmetic mean; it gives a sense for where the middle lies within a ...
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