Research shows that 80% of all interaction in the workplace is done with you communicating with some sort of technology. Voice mail, email, etc. So how do you “get through?†I arrived to 36 degrees below zero temperatures. When it I got up the next morning and started the car, the transmission was frozen. I had to let the car sit in idle for 15 minutes before it worked. Canada in March.  The coldest cold in my life.  I was there for a series of presentations over three days in various Alberta and Saskatchewan cities. And then there was the
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Monthly Archives March 2011
Bionic Bob goes quack quack quack
I am sitting in a meeting room with my friend Bob Cannon. The quiet of the room is interrupted by the load quacking of a duck. Since the library bumps up against a park with a stream, my first thought was, “what window is open?†Looking across the table I watch Bob smack his chest and say, “Hello, this is Bob.†I thought, “what the heck is he doing?â€Â I sat amazed as he acted as if he were on the phone with someone, sitting there, grinning at me. Next I thought, “hey, my friend is getting old, just humor
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