Picard Tips

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2024-08-07 15:31:32

Picard management tip: Debate honestly. The goal is to arrive at the truth, not at your preconception.

2024-08-06 21:22:33

Picard management tip: If you find yourself leading an unusually toxic crew, it may be necessary to remove more than one of them.

2024-08-05 20:13:38

Picard leadership tip: Resources are always limited. Time, expertise, material, energy. Don’t prioritize foolishness when you have been tasked to solve real problems.

2024-08-03 18:58:32

Picard style tip: If you're balding, don't hide it. Own it.

2024-07-30 17:22:34

Picard management tip: Yes, the uniforms are tight, but please, eyes up here.

2024-07-26 20:49:34

Picard resistance tip: Occasionally there are times when you must draw a line and refuse to budge.

2024-07-24 18:31:32

Picard leadership tip: The larger your audience and the higher your position, the greater the need to communicate with care and precision.

2024-07-23 17:22:32

Picard management tip: Most conflict arises out of confusion. Clarify quickly before weapons power up.

2024-07-22 16:13:36

Picard leadership tip: If everyone on your team quits, don't pretend you fired them. No one will believe you.

2024-07-20 21:58:32

Picard management tip: Don't assume anything is possible or impossible until you've asked the people who will be doing the work.

2024-07-18 19:40:32

Picard management tip: Malfunctioning systems must be fixed right away. There is no excuse for delaying repairs.

2024-07-17 18:31:32

Picard management tip: Conducting an experiment with an unknown outcome is time well spent, even if the result disappoints you.

2024-07-15 16:13:36

Picard management tip: During a large-scale, life-threatening emergency, postpone all other priorities and focus on protecting your crew.

2024-07-13 21:58:33

Picard management tip: Succeeding at the very last second is still succeeding.

2024-07-12 20:49:33

Picard management tip: Suppress your inner alarm. Be the calmest person in the room.

2024-07-11 19:40:32

Picard management tip: Withhold advice on matters you do not understand.

2024-07-10 18:31:32

Picard civics tip: If there is one truth, one constant that history shows us over and over, it is that resistance is never futile.

2024-06-20 21:40:31

Picard management tip: Explain.

2024-06-17 18:13:32

Picard management tip: Expecting people to work long hours is short-sighted, counter-productive, and potentially dangerous.

2024-06-16 17:04:32

Picard management tip: Obedience never lasts long when it's based solely on punishment.

2024-06-09 17:04:30

Picard management tip: There is always a non-obvious third option. When caught between a rock and a hard place, find a jackhammer.

2024-06-02 17:04:32

Picard sanity tip: If there are four lights, say there are four lights.

2024-05-30 17:40:33

Picard management tip: If you have the misfortune to acquire enemies, face them head on. They're just as afraid as you are.

2024-05-29 16:31:33

Picard engineering tip: Use the metric system.

2024-05-27 21:13:32

Picard multiversal tip: Be careful; not even a Jedi or a Time Lord can withstand Vogon poetry. So say we all.

2024-05-26 20:04:32

Picard management tip: Improve your vocabulary by reading books. Words can be your most powerful tools.

2024-05-25 19:58:32

Picard morality tip: If one side of a conflict preaches purity of bloodline above communal benefit for all, join the other side.

2024-05-24 18:49:31

Picard management tip: Defend your crew members, even against each other.

2024-05-21 15:22:32

Picard management tip: If you're on red alert every day, then red alert means nothing.

2024-05-19 20:04:33

Picard management tip: If you don't know what the hell you're doing, fake it until you do.

2024-05-17 18:49:32

Picard management tip: As soon as you find out that a person is truly toxic, get them the hell off your ship.

2024-05-15 16:31:33

Picard strategy tip: The enemy of my enemy is sometimes a dangerous sociopath.

2024-05-14 15:22:32

Picard management tip: Give your experts time for unstructured play. It makes them more creative.

2024-05-08 16:31:33

Picard diplomacy tip: Peace begins with the choice to reject your own anger.

2024-05-06 21:13:33

Picard responsibility tip: Don't leave known, wide-scale problems behind for the next generation to solve.

2024-05-03 18:49:33

Picard management tip: Don't try to go at maximum speed all the time. You'll burn out your engines.

2024-04-20 21:58:32

Picard investigation tip: Magnify.

2024-04-18 19:40:33

Picard mental health tip: When you lie down to sleep, instead of thinking about your failures, think about your successes.

2024-04-15 16:13:32

Picard management tip: Know your audience. Display strength to Klingons, logic to Vulcans, and opportunity to Ferengi.

2024-04-09 17:22:32

Picard safety tip: Antimatter is not a toy.

2024-04-07 15:04:32

Picard ethics tip: The fact that a conflict has many sides does not imply that every side has merit.

2024-04-05 20:49:34

Picard diplomacy tip: Videoconference with your mortal enemies. The results may surprise you.

2024-03-30 17:58:32

Picard management tip: Some of your decisions are going to be mistakes. You have to make them anyway.

2024-03-26 20:22:32

Picard leadership tip: Respect must be earned. Trust must be earned. A demand for either means the loss of both.