Author Archives: Sue
Office Signs -SWOT Analysis
This starts a series of office signs I’ve made for my work area…. SWOT Analysis: Strengths=I work here. Weaknesses=All these other people work here too. Opportunities=Figure out how to clone me. Threats=Eventually I’ll be offered more money. ~Laura White-Richie Sue … Continue reading
Planning For Change
Changes can be small and subtle or massive in scope and impact. Having a plan for some of the larger changes in life can help make change not as overwhelming. A project plan can help by giving you a place … Continue reading
Marketing Idea….
Very cool marketing idea… I let someone go in front of me at Costco since he only had 2 huge things of Styrofoam to go boxes…. before he left he ducked back to hand me a business card which was … Continue reading
I love what I do…
I love my day job. Really, I do and especially when I manage to clear my task list for the week. I only manage to clear the list about once a month so really the list is a monthly list … Continue reading
Brainstorms… see the clouds?
I’m the clerk for QA. I support about half the unit constantly and am attached to half of it according to the org chart but I do stuff for the rest of QA too and sometimes other units or other managers. I do all … Continue reading
Equipment rant today…
I work in government that should say it all but this applies to private sector too. Adequate equipment for the number of employees ratios! Recently one of our network printers died completely after spending the last year faltering and sputtering … Continue reading
Laughter in the Workplace
Laughter is one of the best ways to keep a workplace fun, yet productive and pleasant to be in. Viewing your job as something funny or looking for the fun side of what you do daily helps reduce burn out… … Continue reading
Motivation in winter in Alaska…
Tonight I have no motivation. The days are getting longer by about 4 minutes a day and there was just a dim version of sunset as I pulled into the driveway but it’s tough. I get up in the dark, … Continue reading
The Multi-Function Printer has a problem….
It barfed! During one of many ginormous copy jobs the printer went berzerk and luckily I had a camera to capture it…..poor printer… it feels better now since we do very few ginormous print jobs … it’s scanner gets the … Continue reading
The awe inspiring beauty of a sunrise…
You know it’s a normal Alaska winter day when you get to work and it’s still dark. It’s an abnormal day when the boss stops and stares out the window at the building across the street during a 10 am … Continue reading