by Kendra Kinnison | Feb 17, 2015 | Leadership
bikeshed + -ing. 1. Futile investment of time and energy in marginal technical issues. 2. Procrastination. The term was coined as a metaphor to illuminate Parkinson’s Law of Triviality. Parkinson observed that a committee whose job is to approve plans for a nuclear...
by Kendra Kinnison | Feb 10, 2015 | Leadership, Peak Performance
Just as books start with dedications, I first want to acknowledge the folks that inspired this article. David Allen’s ground-breaking system for Getting Things Done (GTD) revolutionized my personal organization more than a decade ago. Taylor Pearson is quickly...
by Kendra Kinnison | Feb 3, 2015 | Leadership, Peak Performance
Leadership is hard. Perhaps inherently so. When the mission is to empower others to cause change, there’s bound to be lots of challenges. CNN says being CEO should come with a health warning. One legendary CEO even called it “the torture.” I think...
by Kendra Kinnison | Jan 27, 2015 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership
A little over five years ago, I started writing here. Sometimes, I’ve written consistently. Mostly not. It’s really hard to write when life is hard, and the last few years have been hard. (The “fall asleep at 7pm with your shoes on and contacts...
by Kendra Kinnison | Nov 30, 2014 | Leadership
A few Saturdays ago, my eyes connected with a board member’s and, instantly, I knew we were having the same thoughts: Why am I here? Why do I subject myself to this? These meetings are always more frustrating and hurtful than they need to be. As quickly as the...
by Kendra Kinnison | Sep 23, 2014 | Leadership
With crowdsourced decision-making growing in popularity, well-known companies creating self-managed teams with no managers, and technology that makes communication simple, it’s time to ask, “does leadership still matter?” In Good to Great, even Jim Collins questioned...
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