For those of you who have been asking/inquiring: “Chunking,” is the act of putting multiple items together into distinguishable groups, which are then used as a memory device. Or, “Chunking” involves taking small units of information (chunks) and grouping them into larger units.

Go to meetings and/or make phone calls with an agenda and questions in mind.  Know in advance what you both WANT and NEED to accomplish during a telephone call or meeting.  Having no objective, pre-preparred questions, or agenda allows other topics to creep in, thus potentially wasting your valuable time. Running a business is challenging!

Einstein is quoted as having said that if he had one-hour to save the world…, he would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem and only five minutes finding the solution. Problem definition tools and strategies Rephrase the problem Expose and challenge assumptions Chunk up Chunk down Find multiple perspectives Use effective language constructs Make it

Dieter Rams: ten principles of design. These principles [“Ten commandments”] have been making the rounds lately [being driven by Apple’s design(s)). This topic is appropriate for a number of our customers, so I thought I’d include it here. Here they are: Good design is innovative Good design makes a product useful Good design is aesthetic Good