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WIST Quotations

A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

   All men in whose character there is not an element of hardened baseness must admit the need in our public life of those qualities which we somewhat vaguely group together when we speak of “reform,” and all men of sound mind must also admit the need of efficiency.
   There are, of course, men of such low moral type, or of such ingrained cynicism, that they do not believe in the possibility of making anything better, or do not care to see things better. There are also men who are slightly disordered mentally, or who are cursed with a moral twist which makes them champion reforms less from a desire to do good to others than as a kind of tribute to their own righteousness, for the sake of emphasizing their own superiority. From neither of these classes can we get any real help in the unending struggle for righteousness.
   There remains the great body of the people, including the entire body of those through whom the salvation of the people must ultimately be worked out. All these men combine or seek to combine in varying degrees the quality of striving after the ideal, that is, the quality which makes men reformers, and the quality of so striving through practical methods — the quality which makes men efficient. Both qualities are absolutely essential. The absence of either makes the presence of the other worthless or worse.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1900-06), “Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers,” The Century Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 2

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…

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Futurist Jim Carroll

"Decision fatigue? Simplicity overcomes complexity every time" - Futurist Jim Carroll

A shoutout to Christa Haberstock for giving me the idea!

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Each month, I do an email blast to the various speaker bureau folks who have booked me through the years - about 260 people at this point,.

With that being the case, I've come to keep my message - a key way of keeping them up to date - shorter and to the point..

Here's what I sent yesterday. It speaks for itself with powerful guidance that can apply to just about anything.

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Decision fatigue is real. Breaking through is what matters!

Let's talk about why clients can't make up their minds in 2025!

Noticed clients taking forever to pick speakers lately? It's not you - it's decision fatigue!

I remember seeing a post somewhere on LinkedIn recently that something like 1.5 million people have either 'speaker' or 'keynote speaker' in their profile - no wonder clients are feeling overwhelmed.

This is making it difficult for them to select a speaker - and this is combined with the decision fatigue they are already facing.

Decision Fatigue? What's that?

In my 30+ years of speaking about leadership and innovation, I've often shared insights with audiences about the issues people have with making decisions. Here's what I know - simply put, our brains get tired after making too many choices. Each decision uses mental energy, and eventually, we run out of gas. When we run out of gas, we do the easiest thing possible - we stop making decisions.

Recent studies highlight just how real this problem is:

One study suggests we spend 50% of our working day making decisions

- We make 100+ significant decisions daily, plus thousands of micro-choices (emails, word choices, etc.)

- Decision quality drops by up to 40% after making multiple back-to-back decisions

- 73% of professionals report postponing important decisions due to mental fatigue

I've also noticed that decision paralysis becomes significantly worse during periods of volatility.

Back in 2002, I identified what was happening in the meetings and events industry as what I called "aggressive indecision" - people simply refusing to commit to anything due to overwhelming uncertainty.

I think that's where we are at right now.

By the time they're looking at your speaker options, they've already made too many decisions that day. Their brain is basically saying, "Not another choice!"

No wonder they ghost you after initially seeming excited!

They make the decision easy by deferring it, avoiding it, and not thinking about it.

Here's how to make it easier for mentally drained clients - make it easy for them to make decisions.

#Decision #Fatigue #Simplicity #Choices #Focus #Clarity #Overwhelm #Efficiency #Leadership #Action

Original post: jimcarroll.com/2025/04/decodin

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Jon Fazzaro

"I'm actually quite optimistic about most of the people themselves. It's the selfish politicians in management who tend to cause the dysfunction."

#organizational #culture #management #efficiency

nononsenseagile.podbean.com/e/

nononsenseagile.podbean.com#0117 - Break out of the software factory | No Nonsense Leadership In this episode, we explore how to escape the outdated factory model of software development. We discuss traditional bureaucratic software development, why it fails, and how Agile was meant to fix it by removing departmental silos and liberating talent,  only for managers to turn it back into siloed development in sprints.  We discuss a successful Agile transformation at a digital agency and use that example to show that good leadership, structural transformation, and a commitment to learning can drive real, successful change. Tune in if you're ready to break the cycle and change things for the better.
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Wulfy

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Efficiency
How optimally a system uses resources by minimizing unused capacity, at the cost of flexibility and resilience.

Effectiveness
How well a system achieves its goals while maintaining reserve capacity for resilience, adaptation, and peak demands.

Highly efficient systems may be vulnerable to disruption, while effective systems maintain deliberate slack for robustness and responsiveness to changing conditions.

#efficiency Vs #effective

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