Secrets of Effective Managers (Not) #25 – Understanding and Using the Emphasis/De-emphasis Problem

Natural barriers to flows of information can work to your advantage.  One of the most prevalent natural barriers to the flow of information in a large, bureaucratic organization is the “emphasis/de-emphasis problem.”  This concept describes how any issue reported up the chain of command will become less important at each higher level, and any direction reported down the chain of command will become more important at each level.  So how can you use this knowledge? Read more of this post

2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 5,200 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 4 trips to carry that many people.

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