Elana Duffy
Lessons from Two Miles (and Higher) Up
Let me begin this article by saying that hiking is nothing new to me. I know, I know, as The Bard himself so eloquently put it: "The lady...
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Elana Duffy
Apr 27, 20155 min read
Calendars: a battle worth fighting
Let’s step back from business for a second. We will get back to it, but just for a second: Think about the last time someone said “It’s...
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Elana Duffy
Apr 15, 20154 min read
Lessons from the year 26,631
Our more diligent followers may recall when I wrote my earlier post extolling the universal virtues of Mystery Science Theater 3000, I...
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Elana Duffy
Apr 9, 20154 min read
Motivation (and posters) aren't always enough. Try action instead.
Social media inundates us with short motivational phrases that are the modern-day equivalent of magic spells, meant to transform us...
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Elana Duffy
Apr 1, 20155 min read
Working to Live: Making an occasional working vacation... work
We all do it. Just as we all eat, sleep, and complain about politicians, we also are all guilty of at one time or another checking our...
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Elana Duffy
Mar 24, 20154 min read
Lessons From Making a TV Pilot Part II: The Premiere
Editor's Note: You may have noticed we haven't posted in a couple of weeks. This is in large part to our primary blog editor helping Paul...
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Elana Duffy
Mar 5, 20154 min read
Tales of a recovering engineer: there's a little creative in all of us
- Elana Duffy There is a point in our business lives where we can all set aside our pre-supposed differences and get along. Reaching that...
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Elana Duffy
Feb 26, 20154 min read
Buyer be weary (or, how camping companies can save customer service)
- Elana Duffy Serve your customers well and they will serve you in return. That concept sounds so easy, right? Two run-ins lately have...
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Elana Duffy
Feb 18, 20154 min read
The new prophet motive
- Frank Luby Two of the most frightening business headlines over the last three weeks both involved the state of California and a couple...
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Elana Duffy
Feb 12, 20155 min read
Writing Creatively: The hard part
- Paul Mooney Creative writing is not something reserved only for those dreaming of selling their first literary masterpiece to the world...
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Elana Duffy
Feb 4, 20154 min read
The value of valuing employees
- Stacey Ebert Companies have many similarities to schools, only now we are all grown up. Jobs replace assignments, bosses replace...
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Elana Duffy
Jan 29, 20154 min read
Making every day a snow day
An online article in New York Magazine following the recent northeastern Blizzard-That-Wasn’t addressed an interesting implication of...
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Elana Duffy
Jan 21, 20154 min read
Reply, Reply All, or No Reply at All: Tips and tricks for managing responses
The response was perfect. Your cubicle buddy is going to laugh at your slightly snarky but still informed response to his recent push of...
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Elana Duffy
Jan 14, 20154 min read
Post-Modern Work: What Millennials recognize and Baby Boomers don't
- Frank Luby The Economist welcomed us to 2015 with a handful of intriguing articles on the future of work. In “Workers On Tap”, they...
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Elana Duffy
Jan 7, 20154 min read
Lessons From One of the Greatest TV Shows Ever
- Paul Mooney Let me begin by directing you to the earlier post from Present Tense partner Elana Duffy highlighting the good business...
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Elana Duffy
Dec 23, 20142 min read
Present Tense Storytelling eBook Series is Launched!
We’ve published our first “self-help” ebook on storytelling skills Present Tense LLC is launching a series of ebooks aimed at executives,...
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Elana Duffy
Dec 3, 20144 min read
Positive Vibes to Positive Profits: Professional Development that Works
- Stacey Ebert Professional development can be a trial. No one wants to sit through monotone presentations or worse, click-through online...
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Elana Duffy
Nov 26, 20145 min read
What I learned while making a TV pilot
Paul Mooney As someone who spent four years as an officer in the Marines, I'm no stranger to large, complex operations. Weeks, months...
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Elana Duffy
Nov 11, 20144 min read
The Battlefield of Leadership
Elana Duffy Veteran’s Day, Armistice Day, whatever you call it in your country, the idea is the same in many countries that took part in...
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Elana Duffy
Nov 5, 20144 min read
From the Big Screen to the Conference Table
Paul Mooney A screenplay probably looks like a strange piece of work from the perspective of someone unfamiliar with how scripts are...
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