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Are Meetings Passé?

Rebecca Thorman — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:30:02 +0000

Meetings are a dying breed of face-to-face engagement that have taken on more angst, agony and abuse in recent years than even the lowly cubicle.

“There’s nothing more toxic to productivity than a meeting,” Jason Fried Read more ...

Re-Thinking Workaholism

Rebecca Thorman — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:00:20 +0000

“Work is the only thing which makes life endurable to me,” Charles Darwin wrote, later remarking that work was his “sole enjoyment in life.” Darwin’s work allowed him to withdraw from the world to concentrate entirely on his genius.

Purge first. Creativity second.

Rebecca Thorman — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:59:31 +0000

For creativity, you need to get rid of the crap. Your surroundings are a reflection of who you are, and the state of your environment is a reflection of the state of your mind.

I work best when everything is in its proper place. At this point, I s Read more ...