NonsenseAtWork

This is Part 3 of 3 of "It’s Time We Question Our Questionable Questions. By asking better questions."

Our new world order… Note, I did not say New World Order. Oh, what the heck. Let me cut the nonsense.

In our new world dis-order, a lot of questions are asked and even more remain unanswered. (I’m sure you can figure that out.)

So let me ask you. Have you asked good questions lately? Or have you, too, been asking the same questions over and over? (No, sorry. “Why me?” does not count. You are not the only one who has asked that one over and over this past year.)

Now let me ask you this. Would you like me to give you a few tips on how to ask better questions? No? Well, I need not have asked, because I’m going to tip you a few answers in any case.

But keep this in mind. Time was when better questions got you better answers. Today? Better questions might, with a bit of luck and perseverance, get you one answer.

This is Part 2 of 3 of "It’s Time We Question Our Questionable Questions. By asking better questions."

Our new world order… Note, I did not say New World Order. Oh, what the heck. Let me cut the nonsense.

In our new world dis-order, a lot of questions are asked and even more remain unanswered. (I’m sure you can figure that out.)

So let me ask you. Have you asked good questions lately? Or have you, too, been asking the same questions over and over? (No, sorry. “Why me?” does not count. You are not the only one who has asked that one over and over this past year.)

Now let me ask you this. Would you like me to give you a few tips on how to ask better questions? No? Well, I need not have asked, because I’m going to tip you a few answers in any case.

But keep this in mind. Time was when better questions got you better answers. Today? Better questions might, with a bit of luck and perseverance, get you one answer.

When you ask a question, do you know what you will do with the answer?

This is Part 3 of 3 of "As We Open Up, Don’t Be the Office Hog. Share what you know or be isolated again."

As you come out (from behind the mask and the screen), as you step into that space called The Office, you have a choice. To share what you know you know or to hog what you don’t know you don’t know. (Or is it vice versa?)

Read the full introduction: https://nonsenseatwork.com/as-we-open-up-dont-be-the-office-hog/

This is Part 2 of 3 of "As We Open Up, Don’t Be the Office Hog. Share what you know or be isolated again."

As you come out (from behind the mask and the screen), as you step into that space called The Office, you have a choice. To share what you know you know or to hog what you don’t know you don’t know. (Or is it vice versa?)

Read the full introduction: https://nonsenseatwork.com/as-we-open-up-dont-be-the-office-hog/

Do you know and hog or do you know and share?

This is part 3 of 3 of "Step Out, Turn Around and Lead From Behind. Or you’ll face the wrong problem as you back into the future."

On Days Like This (Van Morrison), when I Can’t Tell The Bottom From The Top (The Hollies) and everything is Over My Head (Fleetwood Mac), what’s a Poor Boy (Steve Earle) gonna do?

I suppose this is just The Trouble With Normal (Bruce Cockburn). The new normal, that is. The old normal is history. It Don’t Come Easy (Ringo Starr) no more.

I know I am Taking It All Too Hard (Genesis). Surely, All Things Must Pass (George Harrison). And With A Bit Of Luck (Frederick Loewe/My Fair Lady), I will Get It Right The Next Time (Gerry Rafferty).

That is, as long as I stop believing that I Call The Shots (Malcolm Holcombe). Because sometimes I don’t.

This is part 2 of 3 of "Step Out, Turn Around and Lead From Behind. Or you’ll face the wrong problem as you back into the future."

On Days Like This (Van Morrison), when I Can’t Tell The Bottom From The Top (The Hollies) and everything is Over My Head (Fleetwood Mac), what’s a Poor Boy (Steve Earle) gonna do?

I suppose this is just The Trouble With Normal (Bruce Cockburn). The new normal, that is. The old normal is history. It Don’t Come Easy (Ringo Starr) no more.

I know I am Taking It All Too Hard (Genesis). Surely, All Things Must Pass (George Harrison). And With A Bit Of Luck (Frederick Loewe/My Fair Lady), I will Get It Right The Next Time (Gerry Rafferty).

That is, as long as I stop believing that I Call The Shots (Malcolm Holcombe). Because sometimes I don’t.

If you stay inside all the time, then you won’t be able to think from the outside looking in.

This is Part 3 of 3 of "How to zoom through your meetings. Or zoom out of your job."

With a lot of luck, a garnish of garlic and a wooden stake or two, we can finally go back to…

…in-person meetings!

Maybe I got that wrong. Maybe it should be: With a lot of luck, a garnish of garlic and a wooden stake or two, we can finally kill off (unnecessary) meetings.

Not matter which one applies to you, I offer the following thoughts to make your next meeting less of a nonsense event.