February 5th, 2008 |
By Joel Dehlin |
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The activity on the Internet surrounding President Hinckley has been huge this and last week.
Newsroom has an article pointing to some of the major coverage.
BlogPulse ranked “Gordon B. Hinckley” as the third most mentioned person in the blogosphere on the day after he died.
As of 11:20am this morning there were 170 groups on Facebook created in memory of President Hinckley. 29,038 individuals belong to the largest group which is called “In Memory of Gordon B. Hinckley.” Over 90,000 people have subscribed to at least one of the groups.
There’s also a new web site called HinckleyChallenge. This is an unofficial web site which challenges people to read the Book of Mormon in 97 days (in commemoration of his age when he died).
Finally, there is a great video up on YouTube where young people share their feelings about the Prophet.
February 4th, 2008 |
By Joel Dehlin |
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In honor of President Hinckley’s passing and President Monson’s new assignment two new web sites were created to celebrate these wonderful men.
gordonbhinckley.com
thomassmonson.com
In addition, the MoreGood Foundation has also created web sites:
www.gordonhinckley.com
www.thomasmonson.com
January 30th, 2008 |
By Joel Dehlin |
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Thanks to Brad Stoddard for pointing me to Glenn Beck’s comments the day after President Hinckley’s passing.
January 27th, 2008 |
By Joel Dehlin |
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President Hinckley passed away tonight at 7:00pm, MST.
I will miss his sense of humor, his energy, and his passion.
What a wonderful man.
December 19th, 2007 |
By Joel Dehlin |
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The Culture Code is an amazing read. I don’t claim to agree with everything that Rapaille writes, but it’s undeniably interesting. The author comes off as a little cocky and presumptuous. If you can get past that, then if part of what you do requires understanding a market then you would do well to read this book.
November 29th, 2007 |
By Joel Dehlin |
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Recently, Washington Post London burea chief Mary Jordan published this article on the expanding global nature of the Church.
It’s a great article. It names the Internet as one of the tools that is allowing the Church to reach people who wouldn’t have heard about the Church before.
We occasionally post links to articles like this on newsroom.
November 27th, 2007 |
By Joel Dehlin |
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A key principle in one of my favorite books, Good to Great, is described metaphorically as “getting the right people on the bus.” When a manager is trying to move toward a vision, the most important thing he can do to be successful, I believe, is to have great people along for the ride. You can cover an awful lot of organizational weakness by having great people. Some managers feel threatened by surrounding themselves with great people. I try to always hire people who are smarter and more capable than myself. It makes my job much easier and increases my organization’s effectiveness.
Hiring great people isn’t a panacea, however. It’s easy to thwart even the most proficient employee by surrounding him with ineffectual or slow systems. By system, I mean interdependent process and tools–not just tools. Too many times I’ve hired someone who was very successful in one context, only to see her become frustrated and ineffectual with the context I hired her into.
When facing a situation where an employee seems not to be working out, first consider the system you’ve surrounded him with. Does she have the tools she needs to be successful? Is he clear on his role? Are you running interference for her? Does he have the time he needs to do his job or is he spending his time floundering in administrivia?
Good managers fix systems first and employees second. In the coming weeks, I’ll talk about some of the systems an I.T. shop can focus on improving.
November 19th, 2007 |
By Joel Dehlin |
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Dr. Charles Knutson, a computer science professor at BYU, has started a new podcast called Internet Safety Podcast where he talks about safe driving on the Internet. The first few episodes deal with what kinds of things kids are exposed to on the Internet and some techniques for coping.
Check it out.
November 13th, 2007 |
By Joel Dehlin |
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Almost a year ago, I posted on a contest that a friend of mine at work started in order to help people lose weight. Mark Barsocchini reminded me in the comments to that post that I never closed the loop.
The contest lasted 3 months.
105 people started the contest but only 38 survived to the end.
The group lost 1123 pounds!!
The person who lost the most lost 61 pounds.
8 people beat Tadd, even though Tadd personally lost 39 pounds.
You can see some of details here. What a great contest!!
October 17th, 2007 |
By Joel Dehlin |
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I’ve been reading Primal Leadership and it is exceptional.
It’s written by the same gentleman who wrote Emotional Intelligence. He discusses why some people are better at dealing with emotional issues like empathy and self-awareness then others and also discusses how to improve our skills in these areas, both as individuals and as groups.
