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5 things my new Twitter followers should know

In Social Media by JD Dillon

This is a public service announcement for anyone who makes what I think is an AWESOME decision to follow me on Twitter (@JD_Dillon). Everyone uses Twitter a bit differently. Sure, I only have 2,288 followers as of this moment. Those certainly aren’t Jane Bozarth or Justin Bieber numbers. Has anyone …

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How’d you get good at speaking?

In Personal by JD Dillon

How’d you get good at speaking? That’s probably the best question you can be asked after an 8-hour workshop, right? I’d assume it means you did something right, at least in the eyes of that participant. This inquiry came my way earlier this week during the “any last questions” moment of …

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10 Symptoms of an Unhealthy Learning Ecosystem

In Ecosystem by JD Dillon

I originally wrote this post for the Mimeo blog … Today’s organizations are more interconnected than ever. Thanks to technological evolution, cross-functional work streams, and considerable value derived from company-wide synergies, our workplaces now closely resemble organic ecosystems. In fact, a single decision made on one side of the organization …

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It’s time to separate task management from people management

In Management by JD Dillon

I won’t be using the term “leader” in this post because manager ≠ leader. But that’s for another time … Where are they? I never really saw my managers when I was an operations employee – unless something was going wrong or the place was REALLY busy. Because I never got into trouble (humble …