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"[W]hen sheer love of words and sentences and ideas canât carry you through, what can you fall back on?
Bribery."
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As someone who created a Facebook page for his dog as a way to promote a book project, I definitely appreciate this.
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"Since it's looking like we'll be short of funds for some time to come, I can foresee some pitched battles coming over what little professional development funding we haven't cut yet. And I can guess that those battles won't be terribly enlightening, because we haven't really figured out what makes some professional development activities better than others."
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"Ever wonder how much daylight you can gain or lose just by getting in your car and driving either West or East? "
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"Part of the problem at such meetings is that the leader has not set clear objectives or an agenda, and didnât assign pre-meeting preparation tasks. Instead, the leader seems to hope that magic will occur, producing a serendipitous solution to some of the problems addressed. Of course, that doesnât happen. As a general rule, meetings make individuals perform below their capacity and skill levels.
This doesnât mean we should always avoid face-to-face meetings â but it is certain that every organization has too many meetings, and far too many poorly designed ones. "
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