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When Leaders Care Too Much

Effective leaders care deeply about what they are doing. Add to that a clear vision of what needs to be accomplished, determination and the ability to communicate that vision to a group of followers in a way that inspires action, commitment and loyalty and you have what is commonly known as the ‘charismatic leader’. (more...)

What’s wrong with plain English?

Take a minute to compare the text in the Mandarin Style column on the left with the plain English version on the right. If you think the Mandarin style takes longer to read and is more difficult to understand, welcome to the club. (more...)

Remembering: The Missing Capacity

It is surprising how few organizations have the capacity to remember their past beyond the last year or two. Why does that happen and why should it be so important? After all, isn’t it the present and the future that concerns us?

Think about the organization you work for now. How did it begin? What (more...)

The Technical Writing Kit

This technical writing kit is based on the Simplified Integrated Modular Prose (SIMP) writing system. Using this kit, anyone who can count up to 10 can write up to 40,000 discrete, well-balanced, grammatically correct sentences packed with aerospace terms.

To put SIAIP to work, arrange the modules in A-B-C-D order. Take any four-digit number (more...)

What Editors Do

An editor works first for an audience of readers. The editor’s job is make sure that what is interesting or important about an author’s work is expressed in language the main audience can quickly and easily understand.

An editor also works for the organization that hires him/her to make sure that publications are accurate, attractive, (more...)