a simple thought

This ad proves how low is Malaysian's appreciations level to human being. This ad proves the government failed in educating their society about respect to other nations. As an Indonesian, I deeply sympathize the Malaysian government for their biggest failure for letting this ad posted. It shows more on their rank of intellectuality. I'm pity the government. 

Business jargon seems to have become obsessed with coinages for things there are already words for. What's wrong with the words in the dictionary? At a conference I recently attended, I kept hearing a word come up in some of the presentations that really got my attention, and not in a good way: "learnings." What's a learning? It's apparently more than just the gerund or present participle of the verb "learn." It's so much more! Now, it also means "something that has been learned," like a building is something that has been built.  Someone might say, for example, "We came away from this social media project with lots of learnings we can share with management." The only problem is that there's already a word for something one has learned: It's a "lesson." There's even already a buzzword for it: "takeaway." So why pull a Dr. Frankenstein and ...

Hi,  Multiply has decided to stop its blogging function for Indonesia. So, i'm back to blogspot. :) 

taken from here David Grossman 17 Jul 2011   Surely the main culprits in the new movie, “Horrible Bosses” are guilty of sins greater than poor communications, but as I viewed the trailer this week, it made me think (again) about the implications and costs associated with ineffective leadership. “Horrible Bosses” is full of unrealistic scenarios and laughable insinuations about how business leaders conduct themselves today. The reality, though, is no laughing matter. In my experience, some of the most unintended errors can be the most costly for companies. Most leaders today would never begin their day by thinking. “I’m going to purposely ignore my employees today.” That said, by not recognizin...

copied from here   As I work with different organizations I’m struck by the variation in their approaches to communicating with employees. Having worked in director of corporate communications roles for several years in some very large companies, my bias is toward communicating  more not  less . And, I’ve been fortunate that the companies I’ve worked for have been very open, transparent and honest with their employees. Not all employers take that approach, however, and it’s not a place they can get to quickly — it’s a process that can take some time. But establishing a culture of trust generates great benefits for employers. Three recent studies covered in an HREOnline article suggest that corporate secrecy — particularly with regard to such issues as succession planning and development of future leaders — is a common practice at many organizations these days, even though it may damage their long-term success. Succession planning and leadership de...