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Archive for September, 2007
My Sugar Packet Philosophy
Sep 28I love pithy little phrases. I’m a sucker for the well-turned flick of the tongue. I read quote compilations for fun.
Guess where my favorite quote came from. A sugar packet. Here it is (provenance unknown):
Never apologize. Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe you anyway.
Ultimate Interview Question
Sep 27I sat in airplane seats a couple of times more than I would have liked this week. And this Ultimate Interview Question popped in my head:
Do you recline your airplane seat? Explain.
Employee Communication with the Human Flipbook
Sep 26First off, this human flipbook idea by Erbert & Gerbert is just plain cool. They made a bunch of t-shirts and then used stop-motion photography to make a little movie. How inventive.
That made me think about company t-shirt giveaways.
Wouldn’t it be cool to use this human flipbook idea for employee communication? You could use it in a large group training session where people could get together and create their movie based on what’s on their shirt. Or, it could be used for a big benefits rollout. How about if you wanted to get everyone to consider enrolling in long-term disability? You could create a movie, and your employees could be one frame in the communication. How about that? I’m going to get a flipbook at the Denver airport and see if I can sketch something out before I land in Philly this afternoon.
Any other ideas?
Superstars with Attitude
Sep 25How would you handle a superstar like Allen Iverson if he was on your team? Would you let him skip “practice”? Would you let him say anything goes as long as he delivers? What values do you want to promote when you promote an individual contributor instead of teamwork?
The HR Capitalist answers those questions today in a very interesting post called “HRonomics – Why Your Attendance Policy and Allen Iverson Are Linked…” Click here to read the story.
What Can I Do To Get More Discussion Going at KnowHR Blog?
Sep 25It’s funny, on my personal blog the ratio of comments to posts is 7:1. That’s over three years worth of data and something approaching 2,500 posts. Here, on KnowHR Blog, the ratio is more like 2:1. And that number is skewed a bit because a few posts got a lot of comments. Which has me scratching my head.
What do I need to do to get more discussion going at KnowHR Blog? Do I not ask enough questions? Do I not leave enough wiggle room (the Know-It-All Factor)? Is it a “who cares?” kind of a thing?
I think it’s because I don’t have my picture on the main part of the site.
I’m going to do a little experiment right in front of you. Yes, I might have to invoke Mere Observation Effect here, but I’m telling you all the same. KnowHR Blog has 600+ RSS readers, another 100 or so e-mail subscribers, an average of 1,600 daily uniques who visit, and in the range of 10,000 or so headline impressions through syndication. That seems like a lot of eyeballs. It seems like people who have something to say. I’m going to do a few experiments to see if we can get the conversation motor running.
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