Right now
Steve1. READING: The Why of Work - Prepping for the next HR Happy Hour show, this is the latest from Dave Ulrich and Wendy Ulrich. Really interesting ideas on how leaders and organizations can strive to make more meaningful workplaces and create what the authors call 'abundant' organizations.
2. BEING: I should be here a little more often. Maybe I can guilt myself into hitting it up a little more frequently.
3. WATCHING: Way too much basketball with a healthy dose of the unhealthy folks on Hoarders. Basketball, especially NBA at the highest level is a great petri dish of competition, team work, management, and leadership all wrapped up in a neat package. Hoarders is just plain scary, but oddly compelling. Maybe we all carry around too much of the past, either in the form of 'stuff' or just in our minds.
4. BROWSING: HR and workplace related - Women of HR, a new multi-contributor site launched this week. Fun stuff - Junkculture, Significant Objects, and Patrick's Investigations, where Patrick is running a contest that involves making fun of me, be sure to check it out.
5. SNACKING: BBQ season is in full effect. Smoked brisket is on the docket for this weekend I believe. If I get too lazy to cook, I will have to hit up the Dinosaur.
6. LISTENING: I am not a huge music guy, but I did check out this live concert that was streamed on YouTube last month and thought it was pretty cool.
7. SAYING: 'Don't bunch up' - said repeatedly lately to a group of 8 and 9 year olds that have yet to fully grasp that not actually standing on each other's toes may help the overall soccer team's effectiveness.
8. DRINKING: Hawaiian Punch. Don't judge.
Punchy
9. DREAMING: Vegas baby - and the Tremendous Upside Unconference in July.
Editor's Notes:
So what do you do when you are a bit stuck for ideas for a blog post?
You find an excellent post written by someone else and steal blatantly. Well, not really, make sure you quote accurately and ask for permission if need be.
The title and idea for this post is completely lifted from Col at Col's Blog - her piece is way more interesting, so I highly recommend you head over there and check it out.
Thanks Col for the permission to hijack your idea!
