Expanding Minds / Increasing Performance

A new report from the "Institute of Leadership and Management" suggests that the glass ceiling for women at work is created by their own lack of confidence. What do you think? You can read the report here:
http://goo.gl/Am9GA

Companies are really starting to rev-up since the last recession. We are finding that a lot of them are concerned about their ability to close on new business.

If you are frustrated and want to improve your sales performance then have a look at the Embarkonit Sales Funnel and give us a call with questions.

This week we are posting  5 "Insight Problems" one for each day of the work week.

Friday February 25, 2011, Fifth Day

Todays problem is:

This week we are posting  5 "Insight Problems" one for each day of the work week.

Thursday February 24, 2011, Fourth Day

Todays problem is:

This week we are posting  5 "Insight Problems" one for each day of the work week.

Wednesday February 23, 2011, Third Day

Todays problem is:

This week we are posting  5 "Insight Problems" one for each day of the work week.

Tues February 22, 2011, Second Day

Todays problem is:

Two men played five full games of checkers and each won an even number of games, with no ties, draws, or forfeits. How is that possible?

This week we are posting  5 "Insight Problems" one for each day of the work week.

Monday February 21, 2011, First Day

Todays problem is:

A man in a town married 20 women. He and the women are still alive, and he has had no divorces or annulments. He is not a bigamist (meaning he is not legally married to more than one woman at once), and he broke no law. How is that possible?

Check out our new 1-pager that tells the story about how a drilling rig improved both safety and operational performance by over 60%.

Employees were tasked with thinking about HOW they were thinking to push them into new levels of creative and critical thinking.

The end result were a number of improved ideas that drove actions that ultimately reduced BOP stack testing time by over 60%.

goo.gl/hBDfp

by Phil Uglow and Rob Van Cott

 Check out our 1-pager on "Why You Can't Trust Your Safety System".

This article discusses how humans are infinitely complex and to put all our faith in a "Linear System" is very dangerous.

Learn how creating at Thinking Organization, can save lives and improve performance.

Click on the attachment link below to view or download the document.

Rob & Phil