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“A successful economic development strategy must focus on improving the skills of the area’s workforce, reducing the cost of doing business, and making available the resources businesses need to compete and thrive in today’s global economy.” – Rod Blagojevich Modern organizations represent a multi-faceted entity, a versatile idea or construct that hinges on marshalling the…

“Prepare and prevent, don’t repair and repent.” – Author Unknown Convention, design, function, and calibrated flows represent core elements that drive performance in modern systems and processes. A variety of processes comprise the essence of the contemporary workplace, and these enable organizations to inter alia, expand scale, deliver on commercial imperatives, build market reputations, establish…

“If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.” – Henry Cloud Workforces, in the modern day, comprise an important and integral segment of value chains. The human element that powers workforces enables contemporary enterprises to perform, grow…

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and to understand.” – Albert Einstein The idea and practice of education could be viewed as a contested domain, a worldwide multi-decadal project that…

“When working with data, I discover what I really want to say.” – Damian Mingle Information, or data, presents an interesting concept in the modern age. Various forms of information have originated and find application in domains as varied as industry, technology, trade and commerce, scientific research, design development, among others. The imperatives of civilizational…

“Eventually everything connects – people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.” – Charles Eames Modern organizations represent complex entities that spotlight certain aspects of ongoing development of thought and inorganic evolution. The organization is a phenomenon, an expression of intelligent thought, and a product of composite utilities…

“A corporation is a living organism; it has to continue to shed its skin. Methods have to change. Focus has to change. Values have to change. The sum total of those changes is transformation.” – Andrew Grove In a world largely defined and molded by processes and products, considering the idea of intangibles as an…

“Effective group facilitation is an artful dance requiring rigorous discipline. The role of the facilitator offers an opportunity to dance with life on the edge of the sword, to be present and aware, to be with and for people in a way that cuts through to what enhances and facilitates life. A facilitator is a…

“In the hands of a competent facilitator, a well-designed process sets the stage and supports the group as it explores options, navigates conflict and reaches decisions.” – Beatrice Briggs A productive use of time symbolizes one of the hallmarks of modern civilization. Given this context, meetings would be the foremost instance wherein, groups of individuals…

“For safety is not a gadget but a state of mind.” – Eleanor Everet Contemporary workspaces represent a sophisticated construct, a product of experimentation and extended ideation – and one underlined by norms, laws, codes, values, and practices. The typical workplace has undergone many stages of development and evolution since the early days of the…