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Late Night Links – Sunday September 27th, 2015

Itā€™s that time again! Iā€™ve also just realized that itā€™s been three weeks since I last wrote one of these. I donā€™t know how that happened, but letā€™s just dive in.

And as suddenly as it arrived, it was gone.

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Jayā€™s Patented Blue Ribbon of Awesomeness

This, is Jayā€™s Patented Blue Ribbon of Awesomeness:

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I created it probably five or so years ago and included it whenever I sent an email thanking or congratulating a colleague for doing good work and exceeding my expectations.

Itā€™s a little tongue-in-cheek, obviously, but itā€™s always well received.

Since I created it my workplace has implemented a platform specifically for peer-to-peer recognition and the ribbon has truly found its spiritual home.

For a little while though Iā€™ve been feeling that the ribbon is getting a little long in the tooth and Iā€™ve been trying to come up with a new idea to replace it. I have no new ideas.

Recently our recognition platform of choice added the ability to attach videos to recognition moments instead of just pictures. Sold. I took a few hours one afternoon last week and crafted a masterpiece:

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At work weā€™re making a collective effort to get better at responding to messages in a more prompt manner.

Iā€™m sure my boss Matt appreciates the helpful countdown timer I attached to my most recent email to him, then.

Or maybe Iā€™m doing it wrong?

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At work weā€™re making a collective effort to get better at responding to messages in a more prompt manner.

Iā€™m sure my boss Matt appreciates the helpful countdown timer I attached to my most recent email to him, then.

Or maybe Iā€™m doing it wrong?

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Late Night Links – Sunday September 6th, 2015

Itā€™s late night links time, and I remembered to write even though itā€™s labour day weekend here! To celebrate, letā€™s just dive right in.

And weā€™re done! See all next week, same time, same place.