I find myself using made up words and one my recent favorites is "retwizzled." I use it to mean when I need to tweak, edit, or change something (usually a document) to reflect the latest thoughts or direction that it needs to go. I retwizzle it and then we are good to move forward.
When a colleague teased me about it, I began to think that the word has broader applications. It is not only documents, plans, or decisions that get retwizzled from time to time, but often it is our entire life. If something is no longer working. If the circumstances have been altered. If changes need to be made.
It is your chance to retwizzle.The doodle above reflects my renewed interest in drawing. You are free to use the image for any non-commercial purpose, as long as you give me credit and link back to http://jenniferbdavis.blogspot.com.
When it came time to sign yearbooks, I remember that it was popular to write "K.I.T." which stood for "Keep in Touch." Now, instead of writing KIT in a yearbook, you can connect via Facebook and the hundreds of other social networks. My husband and I joke that at any one time we can contact me 20 different ways.
So, as a reminder, here are a few ways that you can connect to me:
I look forward to keeping in touch.
The doodle above is part of my renewed interest in drawing. You are free to copy and use the image for non-commercial purposes, as long as you give me credit and link back to the blog at http://jenniferbdavis.blogspot.com.
I have been reading Alan Webber's new book,
Rules of Thumb. In it, he offers and describes 52 different rules of business that he has learned over the years.
The concept in the cartoon above is a saying that I think I started repeating since my very first week on my very first job out of college. There was never a shortage of ideas. Things that could be done. Places to go. People to see. Products to build. Features to add. Only a shortage of everything else to make ideas reality: time, money, expertise, capacity, etc.
To me this is not only a inescapable truth, but it is also a blessing. Not all ideas are good ones. Without constraint the best ideas wouldn't win and we'd waste a lot of time. The corollary to this (and perhaps a future cartoon) would be "May the Best Ideas Win."
As always, feel free to use the cartoon for any non-commercial purpose, as long as you give me credit and link back to http://jenniferbdavis.blogspot.com. Thanks!
A colleague of mine recently used the word "consolidarity" in a conversation the other day (never minding that it is actually not a word). I thought it was worthy of a submission to Webster's. The definition I proposed when I
tweeted about it was the following:
Consolidate + Solidarity = Consolidarity.
The quintessential example of the word would be when parents both agree to have their kids share a room. Where else could you use the word?
Some of you may recall that in 2008 I made a personal resolution to draw some one-frame cartoons and post them to this blog. I have renewed my interest in drawing, turning some of my recent doodles, thoughts, and overheard conversations into little cartoons. After all, creating is another way of thinking. I'll be posting them here over the coming weeks. Enjoy!
These drawings borrow heavily from the style of Hugh at
GapingVoid, who pioneered the drawing on the back of business cards and for whom I am no substitute (definitely check out).
Feel free to use these cartoons for your own non-commercial purposes, if one strikes your fancy. On your website, in your newsletters, in your presentations, or even on a t-shirt. Just make sure to give me credit and link back here to http://jenniferbdavis.blogspot.com. Thanks!
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