I didn't watch the whole video - let me know what you think.

Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we'll be miserable if we don't get what we want. Our "psychological immune system" lets us feel truly happy even when things don't go as planned.

Problem solving Google style. Fascinating example of the collaborative nature of their approach to a problem.

Powerful lessons.

Solid simple advice, but often neglected.

Here is a short, but excellent, video on how to not demotivate workers. The person speaking is Jim Collins, author of the bestseller Good to Great. I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on whether you agree with everything Mr. Collins says in this video. If so, why? If not, why?

I'm going to be adding this to the Improvement Kata class and I thought it might be a good candidate for our next film festival.

I will get it set-up. Who should be there?

In this video Paul explains what 2 second Lean means and how this works to transform your environment for a lifetime.

My buddy Paul Akers at FastCap shares another great example of applying Lean thinking and techniques to make our life easier. This time he takes us into the kitchen at FastCap where the use of visual controls and standard work are examined.  I wonder if any of you will take any of these ideas and implement them in your home.

If you want to continuously improve your skills you need to close the learning loop with feedback.  James Ottaway, a passionate software developer for ThoughtWorks, has a strong desire to continuously improve his skills.  In the following video he shares his personal continuous improvement process and experience

A short video on how a hospital used a Kaizen approach to better serve their patients.

Very cool video - What could we learn?