by Whittaker Associates | Jun 30, 2006 | Uncategorized
by Joel Burgess According the book The Power of Focus (Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Les Hewitt), procrastinating can be thought of as a form of self-castration. After all, to castrate means to impoverish or render ineffective. When you procrastinate you are... by Whittaker Associates | Jun 30, 2006 | Uncategorized
by Jami Miedema I have always been the type of person to steer away from reading self-help and motivational books. I find their content not only unconvincing and unoriginal, but just plain corny. So it was to my surprise that just recently I read one from front to... by Whittaker Associates | Jun 30, 2006 | Uncategorized
by Dennis Burnside Pretty loaded topic, don’t you think? Before I started to write this article, I Googled “passion in the workplace.” Take a guess at how many references to the topic popped up. Close to 15,000. It’s clear that “passion... by Whittaker Associates | Feb 28, 2006 | Uncategorized
by Tammy Hart As we head into 2006, we are moving towards what some are calling the “Empathy Economy,” and “Design Thinking” is all the rage. Consumers are demanding empathy from corporations, and companies are doing everything they can to... by Whittaker Associates | Feb 28, 2006 | Uncategorized
by Pete Julius The United States has experienced a dramatic drop in the number of new and expanded facility announcements over the past few years. This is nothing new, but unfortunately it is a reality. One of the main reasons for this destructive trend is the...