David Trigueros

Immigration, Language – How to Communicate

Welcome back. You belong here.Language and communication is such an important issue with regards to Immigration (and I don't mean learning Spanish). I mean, how do you present it so that both citizens and non-citizens can put fear or anger…

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Communication Grid

David Trigueros
May 6, 2009
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Welcome back. You belong here.My Communication Grid. The circles are "communication balls" that get dropped. My job is to develop a culture that picks them up off the floor.Have a great day. Into the future, davidT

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Is that a Good Sign? I Don’t Think So

David Trigueros
May 4, 2009
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Welcome back. You belong here.Back at work, communication breakdowns in many places. I spoke to one of our producers today and she was pretty frustrated at the "lack of communication." How many times have you heard that?Looking back at last…

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Rules of Power Point

David Trigueros
May 2, 2009
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Welcome back. You belong here.I prefer Keynote, but rules still apply.rules of powerpointoptimal slides in a powerpoint is TENgive slides in 20 minutesmost of the time, people need 45 minutes to get the laptop to work with the projectoroptimal point…

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Getting in the Way of Progress

David Trigueros
May 1, 2009
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Welcome back. You belong here.Leaders do get discouraged and sometimes even quit when the status quo gets in the way of change.From a friend who recently quit due to opposition to progress: "I'm sorry you didn't know that I was…

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Family Council, Sundays at 5pm

David Trigueros
April 26, 2009
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Welcome back. You belong here.This one is not on innovation, but on something deeper, on my amazing life with my wife and children and Family Council, so maybe it is on innovation, communication and collaboration after all.We just finished Family…

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Do You have a Meeting Problem?

David Trigueros
April 25, 2009
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Welcome back. You belong here.Seth's Blog: Getting serious about your meeting problem. I'm going to try #4 and #5...4. Remove all the chairs from the conference room. I'm serious.5. If someone is more than two minutes later than the last…

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Are You a Visionary Leader?

David Trigueros
April 25, 2009
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Welcome back. You belong here.These are the traits visionary leaders posses, plus being very bad at details and thinking too much! "Visionary leaders possess many traits, including: The unique ability to see exactly where they want to go. Plus, being…

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Companies Increase Innovation Spending

David Trigueros
April 25, 2009
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Welcome back. You belong here.During this recessions, wages and jobs are decreasing, but companies are increasing Innovation spending. "The Innovation Climate Survey also asked practitioners what innovation strategies they were using:- Looking for creative ways to improve or extend your…

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Innovation: Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators

David Trigueros
April 25, 2009
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Welcome back. You belong here.Listening to podcast by Dr. Vijay Govindarajan of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth: Innovation: Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators:1. Box#1 - Manage the Present2. Box#2 - Selectively Forget the Past3. Box#3 - Create the…