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Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Diagnostic Advisor | Sensemaking for high-stakes business decisions
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Most costly decisions begin with
an inaccurate understanding of the situation.

I help leaders understand what is actually happening before major decisions are made or
resources are invested in solving the wrong problem.

Tag: Cal Newport

  • Seeking Wisdom

    I love to read. I love books. I underline in them (using a ruler so “yes” I’m anal). I make notes in my journal. I get article ideas and I feed on those ideas I never thought about myself. I learn new words ALL THE TIME and I learn them in context. Lately I’m not…

    Giselle

    January 7, 2015
    Strategic Sensemaking
    article ideas, Cal Newport, Jen Louden, reading, wisdom
  • Are You Spending Your Days and Wasting Your Precious Time Doing Pseudo-Work?

    “He’s not doing work…he’s doing the pretense of work.” This was the comment made by a visiting consultant after observing a then colleague of mine. The guy under scrutiny always looked busy, talked a good talk but accomplished very little. Pseudo-work – the illusion of actual work; to the untrained eye it looks as if…

    Giselle

    December 5, 2014
    Strategic Sensemaking
    Cal Newport, coaching system, coaching yourself, do the work, getting things done, preparation, reflection, Rob Hatch
  • It Takes More than Passion to Succeed

    Follow your passion is bad advice. So says Cal Newport, Ph.D., a 30 something year-old and assistant Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. Yet many of us feel badly because we don’t know what our passion is. First we have to find it and THEN we can follow it! Makes sense, somewhat but it doesn’t…

    Giselle

    October 28, 2014
    Strategic Sensemaking
    Cal Newport, cultivating passion, focus, George Pocock, habits, liking what you do, liking yourself, Maya Angelou, success, The Boys in the Boat, what you do best
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