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How do you, or would you, communicate in a chaotic environment?

That question was put to me by a reader who works in big,
frantically-paced telecommunications company. Many projects
operate at the same time, and many connections exist among the
project teams.

In this environment, teams work independently, but at the same
time depend on each other for critical information. Without that
information, time is wasted and progress slowed.

In a broader sense, the challenge is to create communication
systems that gather, process, and disseminate critical
information. With this information, teams can work more
efficiently and effectively.

The reader reports that one solution emerged out of a technical
forum organized around a very large project. He says that while
participants exchanged technical information, a lot of value
came from the process, as well as the content.

Specifically, many participants got to know each other, sharing
their experiences and insight. This opened up person-to-person
channels that had not existed before. New, informal networks
developed and participants found alternative ways to get
information.

Therefore, he suggested that quarterly conferences might be a
good idea, because they provide a mechanism for further
developing and extending these networks.

My suggestions complemented his experience and thoughts. I
recommended that each team develop an information requirements
list at its planning meetings. After articulating such a list,
team members can begin identifying where and how they will get
this information. In other words, start with objectives, a
strategic approach.

Teams should ask: What information do we need? Why do we need
it? Where and when can it be found? Who will get it, and from
whom? This takes the information shopping list to a new level,
without necessarily adding a lot of time to the process. With
the specifics identified, gathering the information should be
quicker and easier.

On a related topic, technology opens up a number of interesting
opportunities for better communication in such an environment.
Email, discussion groups, and internal databases offer ways to
get and give critical information.

On a smaller and less chaotic scale, I’ve set up several closed,
Internet discussion groups for associations with which I
volunteer. They provide excellent forums for discussion between
meetings or other get-togethers.

Perhaps the biggest challenge is to create electronic mechanisms
that actively draw out information, rather than just passively
route it to the participants. One way of doing this might be to
set up groups in which requests for information are posted and
answered.

While such a process might not work for some organizations, the
thrust behind it should work for most. That is, we can build
effective communication systems when we start with a strategic
approach, working backward from our objectives to the things we
will do.

In summary, even in chaotic environments, we can develop systems
that lead to good communication, allowing us to get and give
critical information.

Copyright The Quipping Queen 2006.

DOG DITTY DAILY #5

A Motivational Moment for Misguided Masters & Mutts

Compiled by Hugo Hotagen, DDD (Duke of Doorknobs &
Doghouses), a loyal lapdog-in-training apprented to the affable,
agnostic and all-round air-headed Court of the Quipping
Queen.

A quirky, quizzical and sometimes questionable quotidian
quotation, in honor of the “Year of the Dog”, follows
herewith:

“Some days you’re the dog, some days you’re the hydrant.”

Author: Anonymous.

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This article won’t win me any friends amongst the hordes of
grotesque, fat people in the USA.

So, if you’re one of them - and I don’t mean just a bit flabby
but unashamedly, American big-time bloody enormous - then you’re
going to find as many crumbs of comfort in this article as were
left in the bottom of your fridge the last time you shovelled
the remains of that chocolate cake down your throat at three in
the morning. So you can stop reading now if you’re looking for
another effort-free, magical diet or some words of support and
understanding.

On the other hand, if you’re willing to stay outside of your
comfort zone for the few minutes it will take you to read this
you may very well find that you’ll make a decision to find out
how to finally get rid of all the fat you’re carrying around
every day like so much excess baggage.

You’re going to get angry reading this. That’s ok - I’m already
angry. Right now I’m angry that our western governments don’t do
more to share our surplus food with the millions of people in
the world who end up starving to death each year It’s not a cool
enough subject to be a vote winner, I suppose.

No. I’m not asking you for any money. That’s not the point of
this article. But before you take a fresh look at the horrible
state you’re in, just pause for a moment and think about this:-

Did you know that every year in developing countries there are
nearly 12 million kids aged under five who die because of
malnutrition? You have to go back as far as 14th century Europe
and the Black Death to find a mortality rate like that. And we
wonder why anger and despair blight our world when there is so
much hunger and hopelessness on the one hand and apparent
callous disregard and plain greed on the other?

Alright. I forgot. It’s somewhere else. It’s out of sight. It’s
too big a problem for you to do anything about. But just take a
good look at yourself will you? Have you been telling yourself
and other people that you can’t help being fat? Who are you
kidding? I thought this was a free country. Who’s in control of
your life? Who’s force-feeding you?

Let’s get one thing straight; If you’re fat you’re NOT
beautiful. Whoever said you were just wanted you to feel good
about joining your local fat club where you can huddle together
with other fat folk, each of you feeling pleased that you’re not
the only fat freak in town. That’s assuming you can roll your
fat down there under your own steam, of course. Maybe you’re one
of the people who are so fat that the demolition men have to
knock down a wall or two to get you out of your house when you
die (prematurely, of course).

‘But I don’t want to be fat. I keep trying all the diets.’

Yes. I can believe that. Pretending to lose fat is a multi-
billion dollar business in the USA (and you ARE just pretending).

Health experts estimate that Americans spend somewhere between
$30 billion and $50 billion dollars a year on dieting and that
doesn’t include; prescription weight loss medications, medically
supervised fasting programs, or surgical procedures like stomach
stapling. (Neither does it include the billions spent on weight
loss at health clubs and fitness centers.)

The American Obesity Association reports that 60 million
American adults are not just overweight, they’re ‘clinically
obese’. That’s a medical term for somebody who’s buried within
ugly heaps of blubber.

So you’ve tried every free diet program (and a lot of expensive
ones too). You’ve been a member of a dozen different slimming
clubs. You’ve had a free fitness analysis and read all the daily
tips about losing weight. Your kitchen has a bookshelf that’s
sagging under the weight of all the slimming books you’ve
bought. You understand about doing some kind of daily exercise
(in theory, anyway). You’ve got a calorie counter and a protein
counter. You’ve got a drawer that’s bulging with different
calculators. Let’s see… there’s a fatcalculator; a
carbohydrate calculator; a fiber calculator; a heart rate
calculator and a Waist/Hip Ratio calculator.

You avoid reading about personal fitness because you know you’re
far from fit and you’d rather not think about it thank you. You
know all about Weight Watchers, eDiets, Atkins, and South Beach
Diets. You’ve got books on the GI, low fat, low carb and blood
type diets.

And still you’re enormous!

Hang on a minute. I think you’re missing a trick here somewhere,
don’t you?

Remember those two statistics we mentioned; 12 million starving
children dying each year before they reached the age of 5 - and
60 million American adults being clinically obese?

Do you think any of the companies that sell weight loss programs
would have much success in those parts of the world where people
are starving to death?

But maybe the answer to your fat problem still isn’t obvious to
you.

So, if you’ve read this far, are you ready to face the truth
about what you really need to do in order to dramatically
increase your own life expectancy? Don’t end up a statistic just
because of apathy. Take action for yourself but also for those
who rely on you and love you.

My friend Dr. Ralph Anderson has written a really helpful ebook
entitled,

‘Wearing a Load of Fat Is Not Compulsory!’

It’s an introduction to an extremely successful fat burning
program. It’ll tell you exactly what you need to do to reveal
the attractive you that’s hiding underneath your fat.

Ralph wants to get his message across to as many people as
possible so he’s agreed that I can offer it free to my readers
at Healthy Woman Online. (Guys - don’t be put off - it’s ok for
you too!)

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