Jun 17th 08 Posted by Jesse Kliza

When Team Dynamics Become Team Dynumbics

Sometimes a terrible thing can happen to a team. Team dynamics become what I call team “dynumbics”. People become numb. They become lulled to sleep, not willing to participate in the overall team effort aside from doing their individual tasks and calling it a day. They no longer have a drive to disagree, to be creative or to voice their opinions and ideas. Why does this happen? In thinking... read more

Jun 2nd 08 Posted by Jesse Kliza

Marketing – Meet a need or don’t bother!

Thinking about doing some marketing? Here are some absolute basics: 1) Meet a need - Make sure that what you’re marketing really meets a genuine need. If you don’t have a product or service that meets a need, you shouldn’t be marketing.  You should be finding out why you’re doing what you’re doing. 2) Find the people who’s need you meet – If you meet a genuine... read more

Apr 28th 08 Posted by Jesse Kliza

Munger Mondays in May

Inspired by this phenomenal post by Marc Andreessen, for the month of May I’m planning on doing a post every Monday highlighting some of my favorite bits of wisdom from Charles Munger. After reading Marc’s post, I ordered Poor Charlie’s Almanac a few days later and I’m loving... read more

Apr 23rd 08 Posted by Jesse Kliza

Timeboxing for Personal Productivity

I’ve started using the timeboxing method for managing my seemingly never ending to-do list. I have to say it’s a great way to get things done if you have a perfectionist streak in you. I estimate the amount of time it should take me to complete something (it can be a small part of a larger task), start the timer and work on it and ONLY it until the time is up. Two great tools that I use are... read more