Who is Responsible for Good Jobs?

Who is responsible for providing good jobs? In this blog, Martin Ramsay argues that the idea of "providing" jobs misses the point. Instead we should think in terms of "offering" jobs to free agents — entrepreneurs, if you will — who may decide to accept or not accept our offer because of the quality of the job. Everyone who works is an entrepreneur, and whether or not a job is a "good job" depends on who is looking at it.



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A Taxonomy of Christmas Carols

In this blog, Martin Ramsay attempts to categorize so-called Christmas music. He notes that much of what we hear in the stores and on the radio, while only played during the Christmas shopping season, have very little to do with Christmas. He discusses a "taxonomy" of Christmas carols and wishes you and yours a very merry Christmas.



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Do People Resist Change?

Do people resist change? We often say they do.

Yet politicians often campaign simply on the idea of change. How do we reconcile that politicians can appeal to our desire for change, while simultaneously resisting change?

Martin Ramsay probes deeper, exploring what people really do resist, why simply calling for change isn't good enough, what how change can be used to move organizations forward.



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Maintain Your Integrity

Martin Ramsay reflects on the importance of personal responsibility and integrity. He makes the case that other people are watching your actions, not matter where you are or what you're doing. If your actions don't match up with your stated purpose, you're undermining your own integrity.



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Visions, Systems and People

In this Blog, Martin Ramsay lays out CEATH Company's undergirding operating philosophy about organizational change. To improve an organization, to make it more effective, one must focus on three things at the same time: vision, systems and people.

Organizational change requires a vision. Without a vision, any activity will suffice since any action will produce some kind of result. Just not the ones we want. To move toward that vision, there must be integrity between the organizational systems and processes work. Finally, it is critical that people are skilled, have congruent motivation, and are able to help move the organization forward toward the vision.

Without simultaneously working on all three, and without all three being in alignment, organizational improvement is unlikely to be successful.



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Using Tools

What tools to you use in your work? How do they extend your capabilities for working, and working more effectively?

In this Blog, Martin Ramsay discusses using tools in getting work done. He encourages us to always be adding to our toolbox and to be learning how to use the tools we have even better.



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On Being a Consultant

What do you think when someone tells you they're a consultant? Is it an honorable profession, or more in company with lawyers and used car salesmen? In this Blog Martin Ramsay tells why he sees himself as a consultant -- and why you should, too.

(And, by the way, lawyers and used car salesmen have honorable professions as well. It is all in how you conduct yourself and your own personal integrity.)



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Lessons from the Fall Begonia

Do you ever fail to stop and smell the roses? This Blog takes a lesson from a tenacious begonia that is still blooming after the first frost.



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When You Lose Your Job

What happens when someone looses their job? How do they cope?

It happened to me twenty years ago today. This first blog posting begins the saga of what happened to Martin Ramsay, how CEATH Company was formed, and how we grew our business to encompass clients in 13 countries on four continents.

Perhaps some of the ideas presented here will help you on your journey.



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