It’s not the first time this has happened, nor will it likely be the last. On Friday, I lost all track of time while editing an article and left late for a meeting. As I rushed into the building, I “saved time” by turning my phone to vibrate. Unfortunately, a woman leaving the building was […]
Work
Trying to Norm Office Behavior
My office, like everyone else’s, is made up of incredibly strange, frustrating, talented and fun people. We are an intercultural and multi-generational melting pot. We put the fun in dysfunctional. (Doesn’t everyone?) During my first job post-graduate school, I kept a mental scorecard on everyone I worked with. It looked pretty much like this: Person A […]
Random Artistic Mutterings
We’re on a presentation deadline today. I love working around artists. They say, and do, the craziest things. For example, here are some bits I’ve overheard that just make me laugh: If it’s a deadline, the scanner and printer will break down. No!!! Those aren’t trees! They are vines!! Look here – those are rocks, […]
If You’re in PR: Read this Book
Related to my earlier blog posting about technology: Even though the constant changes in technology make me want to stick my head in the sand at times, there’s no denying that change defines how we work. PR is an element of my job. I’ve just finished a fascinating read on how technology is impacting the […]
I Knew It!
For the past month or so, I’ve been venting to anyone and everyone who will listen about the fallacy that multi-tasking is a good and useful skill. Not only do I think that multi-tasking is ineffective, I strongly doubt that it is even possible. It turns out that MIT agrees with me. True multi-tasking should best […]
Better Here than There
Two to-do’s down, six million (ok, it’s really only ten) more to go. As I pause for my mid-afternoon dose of breathe in-breathe out, I’m also silently giving thanks that I live in Dallas which is not on Forbes’ top stressful cities list.
Breathe In, Breathe Out. Repeat.
Things are so crazy at the office that several of us had to sit still for a couple of minutes of deep relaxing breaths. At one point on Friday, I felt like we were taking a corporate yoga break. Now that I think about it, that could be a very cool employee perk. Free sodas […]
THIS is my kind of day
Busy, busy, busy. Everywhere I turn, something’s going on. Potential clients cold calling us (where’s the slow economy?), massive project deadlines that push our team to its creative edges, juggling press deadlines, photography contracts, schedules moving here and there… Fantastic. The day goes by quickly. I can see what I have accomplished. I can see what our […]
It Took All Day…
But my pile has been filed. Correct that, my piles have been filed. Exhausting work, really. Filing didn’t require simply covering my office (desktops, floor, chairs…) with stacks of “file this” and “file that.” It also required purging the existing files of one-time important documents that were now food for the shredder. And deadfiling long-fogotten projects […]
Popcorn Projects
It’s been a quiet week on the Hayley blog. I’m blaming my absence not on a lack of inspiration (you should see my post idea notebook), but on popcorn projects. I first popped popcorn “from scratch” when I lived in Kenya. No microwave popcorn, no sir. I learned to make it from scratch! Maybe you’ve […]