Talking Points

Michael Bay, famous for directing and producing big budget action films with impressive special effects, is now infamous for his stage fright. It seems everyone is talking about it. Even [...]

We wish you a happy and safe holiday. In recognition of the holiday, the Point Taken offices will be closed from December 24 through January 1. We look forward to [...]

Thanksgiving has come and gone, and if you are like me, you have a laundry list of both professional and personal to-dos before 2014.  Productivity is the key to accomplishing [...]

As far as nonverbal communication goes, your environment provides observers with lots of cues they use to form impressions – and the state of your desk can be the basis [...]

Have you ever noticed how you notice things? Wonder why some things get your attention, and others pass by completely unseen? You can thank your Reticular Activating System (RAS) for [...]

Working memory is like a white board in your head. It’s a workspace, populated by new information we are learning, and old information we are currently using.  We pull together [...]

How many vacation days are too many? Unlimited vacation – that seems like winning the lottery, right? Collect the paycheck, and work as few days as possible. As an employee, [...]

We've talked about writer Malcolm Gladwell's concept of 10,000 hours - the amount of time it takes in any field of study to become an expert. Since that is five [...]