Elementor #918
Board Games: A Better Lesson One of the greatest things about being a nanny before having my own kids was the practice. Let’s talk board game rage.
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Pitch Perfect
Add Your Heading Text Here October 17, 20195:30-6:30 pmFirst Floor Conference RoomValley Venture Mentors276 Bridge StSpringfield, MA 01103 admin@valleyventurementors.org413-337-2887 Public speaking is America’s biggest phobia—more than heights, snakes, and flying—but a lot of us have to do it for work, or to build our own businesses. If you’ve ever thought there must be some kind of tricks […]
FightingForAPieceOfThePie
Fighting For A Piece Of The Pie (Workshop) Business Workshop SeriesLearn how mindset affects how we see opportunity. September 12, 2019 5:30 -6:30 pm Add to calendar Valley Venture Mentors First Floor Conference Room 276 Bridge St, Springfield, MA 01103 admin@valleyventurementors.org 413-337-2887 Do you need to attract investors, clients, or other engagement to your business? […]
Lesser Angels
Lesser Angels The other day I was listening to an angel investor, and I got to thinking about my reaction to what he was saying. He was explaining to a group of small business people how it works. He loans businesses, for example, $10,000 for 5-7 years, expecting that they will be bought out by […]
On Bystanding
On Bystanding It’s bad enough being at school, watching someone get bullied and thinking, well, I wish I could say something, but I don’t want to get targeted, too. Then you grow up and seeing it happen at work and thinking, well, I wish I could say something, but I don’t want to get targeted, […]
The Good (Work)Place
The Good (Work)Place The Good Place has been an enjoyable show, since it first made it’s surprising debut on NBC. It is a weird sell, a half-hour of comedy and philosophy, where the characters are dead and in hell. Much of it is a workplace sitcom, not surprising since it comes from the mind of […]
Red Bead, White Bead
Red Bead, White Bead A comment by one of my podcast guests brought me to the work of W. Edwards Deming on organizations as systems. Lauren said, a lot of times an individual is seen as the problem when the problem—and the solution—are at the system level. Deming, 1900-1993, was one of these humanist management people […]
Paying Too Much Attention
Paying Too Much Attention The world craves attention. The expected exchange is that by giving yours, you’ll get some in return, and maybe you will—but is it a good exchange?Your attention is incredibly desirable. Your family wants it. Your boss wants it. Your phone wants it. Marketers not only know this, but constantly strategize ways […]
Sorry Not Sorry
Sorry Not Sorry: A case study on organizational apologizinga Be better than DataCat DataCat (not it’s real name) is a small B2B database company with a global footprint of 500 clients, suffers approximately ten and twenty self-generated critical incidents per year. Examples include: data breaches, credit card processing malfunctions and security issues, and software coding […]
Fear & Imagination
Facebook Twitter Linkedin Fear & Imagination In childhood it’s so obvious—the monsters we were so afraid of were clearly imaginary. But as we grow, it’s not that we outgrow fears, although it seems so, but those of us with vivid imaginations simply use them to create anxieties more acceptable to adults: math, flying, heights, spiders, […]