Welcome to the Blog space for TalentAnarchy.com. We (Jason and Joe) will drop some thoughts and ideas on you here. Our hope is that these thoughts might trigger other thoughts for you to use and share.
As I sat at a conference this week and listened to a presentation about the artistic creative process, I marvelled at how artists seem to throw themselves into their work. ...
I am a huge fan of reality TV. I find it to be a great way to observe human nature. In fact, I often find some great lessons about life at work from some of these...
As I sat and watched an hour or two of pregame coverage for the super bowl, I was struck by something that I heard. It sounded to me like Tom Coughlin, coach of the...
Jason and I were fortunate to have had a great conversation over breakfast last Friday with some very cool people, and the topic of our conversation was Social Networking /...
Leading the VisionJoin other young professionals and community leaders at our 3rd Annual Young Professionals Summit to be held on March 6th, Omaha, NE at Qwest Center...
Recently, I've been experimenting with the use of a written "manifesto" in the workplace. Before anyone freaks out, a manifesto, by definition, is simply a public...
Great quiz that takes a look at the relationship different generations have with technology from the Brazen Careerist...follow the link.Have a great weekend.-joe
Jason and I had the opportunity to spend Friday afternoon with a management team examining the various issues related to generational diversity and what the next generation...
For anyone who's interested in studying generational characteristics, I would argue that the first few weeks of Americaon Idol each season is probalby the best snapshot of...
A revolutionary new model of leadership...focusing on what actually matters...Would you support a new model of work that resulted in an average boost of 35% in...
There are always a lot of "best of" lists that come out right before or right following the end / beginning of the year and I thought that I would attempt one as well. I...
Companies That Communicate Most Effectively Experience Greater ROI to Shareholders Versus Those That Communicate Least EffectivelyTotal Return to Shareholders: 1998 to...
My wife and I bought our 11 year old son, Dylan, an Xbox360 for Christmas this year. So, on Christmas day, Dyl and I sat down to play some of his new games. ...
Well, Christmas is right around the corner, and knowing how things tend to work out this time of year, it is quite possible that this will be my last post for the year. I...
A friend of ours, Brian Smith and some of his friends have rolled out a new website dedicated to something near and dear to our hearts, networking. Check out their site...
As I was reading through the November 19 issue of Workforce Management, I stumbled over a reader's letter that set me off. The letter was from a practioner of HR who wrote...
For those of you who question my assertions about the importance of money to employee retention, I wanted to share another data point with you. In article published this week...
I love this post. This is from simplicity on the other side of complexity, an HR and OD blog run by Prasad Kurian. This is an incredibly important conversation, that...
This is a recent post on Gautam Ghosh's blog. I like the question he is entertaining as I think we do this a lot...re-package an initiative / issue create some new...
The Rosenthal effect (which is fascinating), from Wikipedia (of course!):"The Pygmalion effect, Rosenthal effect, or more commonly known as the "teacher-expectancy effect"...
Hey our Get Connected workshop is this Wednesday, so there are only a couple of days left to get registered. It is a great value and we have rec'd very positive feedback...
Well, as usual, I overdid it for Thanksgiving. I will admit it...when it comes to turkey, etc., I have a problem. But...I guess it is time to get back to work. ...
I've been doing some work recently with some call centers regarding employee retention. These centers were in a crisis, experiencing in some cases turnover rates exceeding...
Welcome to our Rebel Yell. Joe and I are excited to share our ideas and thoughts with you through this forum. This is the blog for www.talentanarchy.com (in case you...