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Category: New Books

Awesome first book review

May 31, 2023
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| Categories: Amazon Books, Announcements, New Books

I just received this review of my first novel and don't get many chances to toot my horn these days. It seems retirement and being left unsupervised gets the creative juices flowing. Am pretty pumped! My publisher tagged the genre as horror and sci-fi. Am good with sci-fi, but am not a horror fan and felt this book was more paranormal and not so scary...just unexplainable...as entities from a different dimension can be. But hey, I'm not a publisher, just a grunt author. Not sure I have a genre box…

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The “Great Convergence” of Thought and Action

March 28, 2023
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| Categories: New Books, Performance Assessments, Point of Work Assessment, Strategic Re-Think, Transformational Change, Workflow Learning

GREAT" things are popping up lately, like the Great Resignation, Great Retirement, Great Reshuffle, and Great Reboot, are a few examples. I am not swayed by the hype because these all point to one common denominator – Change...and the need to LEAD it. I believe we see the side-effects surface in the form of a Great Convergence of Thought and Action and forms influencers that directly impact Culture. In other words, resignations, retirements, and reshuffling within and among organizations are driving the need for a strategic re-think and adopting tactical…

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My Book Shelf

March 22, 2023
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| Categories: Amazon Books, Announcements, Humor, New Books, Rants & Ramblings, Short Stories

Since I've decided to retire, I'm finding I work more hours than I did when I was a corporate hostage. The good news is what I do is not work, and I'll always be on top of myself because you cannot downsize a team of one. The only organics I can hug and pet are the cats, and they will not report me to HR...as long as there are plenty of treats. Here's a short bio I've been using on the books. (more…)

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New Quora Site for L&D Performance Ninjas w/ Interactive Q&A

March 20, 2023
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| Categories: Amazon Books, Announcements, Interactive Author Forums, New Books, Point of Work Assessment

I've just launched a Quora site to support interactive Q&A activity from the new book "Confessions of a Performance Ninja: Optimizing Workforce Performance@ Point-of-Work." I sent out a few invitations directly, but I welcome anyone who would like to participate in Q&A with a largely unsupervised, retired (sort of), performance consultant to join the site. Here is a sample of a recent Q&A exchange with a client who purchased the book for their Center of Excellence Learning team. (more…)

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DREAMSCAPE CONSPIRACY is published!

March 7, 2023
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"Dreamscape Conspiracy" is live on Amazon in both eBook & Paperback formats.   . Dreamscape Conspiracy Dr. Cara Williams, a 32-year-old Clinical Psychologist, has a dark secret she fights to repress. Being the lead researcher on a controversial Dream Therapy project called Dream Weaver, she finds satisfaction in her work, that is, until an accident in the lab rewrites the rules of Dream Therapy. Further complications surface when the core technology known as Dreamscape can not only capture dreams for analysis but can also transmit previously captured dreams to other research…

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“Confessions of a Performance Ninja”  is now on Amazon

February 4, 2023
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| Categories: Announcements, Continuous Learning, Discovery & Consulting, New Books, Point of Work Assessment, Point-of-Work Discipline, Transformational Change

“Confessions of a Performance Ninja”  is now on Amazon The author, Gary Wise, is a largely unsupervised corporate Learning & Development veteran courtesy of surviving twenty years in roles ranging from individual contributor to senior leadership. He spent an additional fifteen years as a hostage who now refuses to fade peacefully into retirement. In “Confessions of a Performance Ninja: Optimizing Workforce Performance @ Point-of-Work,” his first book, he shares many confessions regarding his journey in the hopes that others who choose to adopt their versions of "Point-of-Work" do not step…

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PWA Worksheets

February 3, 2023
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| Categories: Continuous Learning, New Books, Point of Work Assessment

Complete PWA Master Worksheet Template Instructions are found in Part Five of "Confessions of a Performance Ninja" at Amazon.com The Excel spreadsheet is not password protected and has nine (9) tabs. IMPORTANT NOTE: Before using this template, open it in Excel and immediately SAVE AS with a different filename (i.e., PWA Worksheet – WORKING COPY) so the Master version remains a true Master.  Any future update downloads will contain an Update Version # and retain this naming convention (PWA Master Worksheet Template – Version X.0). Always begin a new PWA…

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Digital Adoption & Transformation @ Point-of-Work

January 18, 2023
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| Categories: 7-Right Things, Accelerated Productivity, Connected Worker, Digital Transformation, Intentional Design, Moment of Need, New Books, Performer Support, Point of Work Assessment, Point-of-Work Discipline, Transformational Change

About four years ago, when I was hip-deep in Performance Support Technology, I contacted the Gartner Group regarding a Magic Quadrant for this emerging tech; they had none…and no immediate plans for any…stating they were not in “that space.” I suggested they include performance support if they were serious about being in the learning space and doubted if my suggestion was a catalyst. Still, they released a document for Digital Adoption Solutions - DAS Platforms in the Context of Sales Effectiveness and provided a list of vendors…no rankings…just a list.…

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PUBLISHED…Finally!!!

January 15, 2023
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| Categories: Announcements, New Books, Point of Work Assessment

Confessions of a Performance Ninja: Optimizing Workforce Performance at Point-of-Work It feels good to look in the mirror and see an author grinning back at me. Yes, it officially happened yesterday…searching for “Confessions of a Performance Ninja” on Amazon, my first book appeared. This is a major milestone and another bucket list item to check off. My Learning & Development career has been filled with many things worthy of confession, especially my passionate pursuit of the “Point-of-Work Discipline.” (more…)

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