Part 4 of 7 By Al Mills Six Types of Working Genius: Discernment The Six Types of Working Genius uses the acronym WIDGET. Widget represents six categories of work that are necessary for almost any type of project. Usually, people discover that two of those categories really inspire and energize them. Read on to learn about the first category, Discernment. Discerners are a vital part of any team activity because they are the ones to
Part 3 of 7 By Al Mills Six Types of Working Genius: Invention The Six Types of Working Genius uses the acronym WIDGET. Widget represents six categories of work that are necessary for almost any type of project. Usually, people discover that two of those categories really inspire and energize them. Read on to learn about the first category, Invention. While Wonderers have a pretty high altitude look at any project or concept, Inventors get
Part 1 of 7 By Al Mills A short while ago, I had the privilege of working with an Operations Team leader named Jean. Jean and I had a fantastic rapport and she did a superb job of leading a team of 12 diverse people responsible for various aspects of a conference during which we would host 400 to 600 people. This included food, refreshments, registrations, technical requirements, IT, facility, and serving guests. The event
By Al Mills If you are a seriously nerdy Star Trek fan you might recognize the title of this blog entry. It’s from the second season of the original Star Trek series and Captain Kirk is incapacitated while an inexperienced officer commands the Enterprise. Predictably, the inexperienced officer makes an absolute mess of things and the experienced Captain Kirk rushes to the bridge, and shows why his experience is so valuable. He diffuses the situation
By Al Mills Christmas 2024 is upon us. It seems to me that every year it comes faster and faster, hardly taking the tree down one year, and then putting it up the next. From the time I was a kid, I loved setting up my train set under the tree with a small village. I loved setting up the train scene which looked like a Christmas straight out of the 1950’s. On top of