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Team Lessons from Dolphins
0 Comments Published by Rick Rumford January 19th, 2010 in Leadership, Team Building, productivity.This clip of dolphins hunting is interesting and has a few parallels to how we humans act, or should act, when we are part of a team.
Team of Dolphins
A few thoughts about the dolphins:
They have found a way to hunt that no other dolphins, nor any other water-based species, have developed. Interestingly, the dolphin team utilizes only […]
Problem Solving: The Downside of Focus
0 Comments Published by Rick Rumford January 28th, 2009 in problem solving, productivity.Check out this Perception Test video clip before you read the rest of this post. While you are watching the video count the number of passes between the players in the white shirts.
Perception Test Video Clip.
Did you notice anything unusual about the video? If not, you are not alone. About half of the people who watch […]
Problem Solving: Ask a New Question
0 Comments Published by Rick Rumford December 17th, 2008 in problem solving, productivity.Problem solving sometimes requires us to look at things from a totally different perspective. For example, look at the new and innovative idea that Dr. Kristian Olson and his colleagues came up with to fight preventable infant death in developing countries - after they changed how they viewed the problem.
The idea? How about putting babies […]
Power Naps - Your Competitive Edge
0 Comments Published by Rick Rumford December 4th, 2008 in problem solving, productivity.I have long been an advocate of taking a good nap. Now, according to Dr. William Fishbein, a neuroscientist at City University of New York, I have evidence that that I am not a slacker!
Dr. Fishbein presented his findings about napping and “slow-wave sleep” at a recent meeting of the Society of Neuroscience. He found […]
