Ahh it seems there’s always a new story popping up about some company’s CEO’s or other executives being scrutinized and critiqued for their way of doing business. Most of it comes with the bailout right? I mean if the government is going to give you all that money, they want to know what it’s being used for and who’s doing what with what right? Funny, I don’t get the same transparency with my tax dollars now do I?
What we’re looking at though is a huge problem for these executives. The world as they know it is drastically changing and they’re going to be lost without their normal methods of accomplishing daily activities. Activities like getting from Point A to Point B quickly.
Snagit of Welcome Bigwigs website
Luckily JetBlue has stepped in and made this little instructional website that should help out in this situation. They’ve provided “The CEO’s Guide to Jetting“.
If you know a CEO, or perhaps even an ex-CEO, let them know about this website so they won’t be lost in the near future when they need to do some air travel.
Uncovered by Xemion on twitter
Aaron Brazell, aka Technosailor, just shared this video of the US Airways Hudson River crash landing that occurred January 15, 2009. This 3D animation was professional done by Scene Systems.
The event has been accurately reconstructed by Scene Systems Inc., 3D Legal Animators based in California, USA. Scene Systems turns complex scene data and expert testimony into powerful 3D animation that helps legal professionals prove their case in court.
The animation was produced at very short notice, immediately after the real-life event. This included data sourcing, analysis, modelling, animation, rendering and post-production. This was made possible due to our unique forensic animation engine capable of extremely efficient, high-quality animation production.
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I spent today at a productivity summit that talked about a variety of ways to increase productivity both personally and in your company as a whole. The first session discussed “Managing Email Productivity”. One of the methods shared was to reverse the composition of your email messages.
Reverse Your Email Composition Sequence
In the standard model we normally write emails in this order.
- Input recipients
- Write subject
- Write body of message
- Attach files
Robby Slaughter, the presenter of the summit shared his preferred method of reversing this process flow and the reasons behind each. I’m significantly paraphrasing but this is the basic premise.
- Attach files – how many times have you sent an email and forgotten to attach the files? Attaching the files first also reinforces the purpose of the email which will be important in the following steps.
- Write Body – The body of the message in this case with attached files should be a simple statement of what action you would like the recipient to take on the attached files. Should they review them, are they to be printed for the upcoming seminar? State specifically what you want the reader to do in your email.
- Write Subject – Write the subject after the body because it should be a simple, stripped-down restatement of the body of the message. Clear and concise with key words at the beginning of the subject.
- Select Recipients – Choosing the recipients last performs a couple of helpful functions. First, if an email doesn’t have a recipient specified, you can’t accidentally send the email without the attachments or pausing long enough to make sure you actually want to hit “Send” on that email laced with your frustrations. Secondly, if you wait till the end you can further clarify exactly who needs to be included based on the actions and requested tasks specified in the email.
What processes do you use to stay on top of your email or to more effectively manage your email productivity?
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