Monday Motivational

Greetings everyone-

Remember how shopping cart was invented?
Sylvan Goldman owned a small grocery store. He tried many ways to encourage his customers to buy more - promotions, discounts, loyalty cards, etc.. The result was marginal, until he carefully observed how his customers shopped. He noticed people bought as much as they could carry. They stopped shopping when their hands were full!

Armed with this basic insight, Sylvan found some wooden chairs and affixed wheels to the legs and a basket to the seats. The newly invented shopping carts not only made his cash register sing, but also opened up a whole new world of possibility for department stores of the future.

This week, let's observe carefully to 'see' what was actually there and what is missing when trying to solve problems.

Have an excellent week Team Credo!

Sincerely,

Your friends at Credo

Weekly Motivational Message

Greetings everyone-

Remember how Murphy helped 'sinking' Bobby drastically improve his performance in school?

Bobby was constantly late, disruptive in class and rarely did his homework. Frustrated, his teachers sent him to Murphy, the school counselor. Murphy didn't adopt the usual 'archaeology' method, digging into the roots of his misery. Bobby's background unfortunately is messy and fixing it was not in Murphy’s control. Instead, Murphy looked for Bobby's 'bright spots'. Bobby did relatively well at Math. Bobby said he liked his Math teacher. Murphy decoded 3 things the Math teacher did differently:
- She greeted Bobby at the door (so Bobby felt welcome),
- She gave him easier homework (Bobby felt specially supported),
- She always made sure Bobby understood the instructions (since Bobby has a learning disability).
Murphy recommended these 3 simple things to all Bobby's teachers. In 3 months, Bobby's performance improved by a whooping 80%!

This week, let's look for simple, small solutions when facing a daunting big problem.

Have a great week

Monday Motivational

Greetings everyone-

Remember how Murphy helped 'sinking' Bobby drastically improve his performance in school?
Bobby was constantly late, disruptive in class and rarely did his homework. Frustrated, his teachers sent him to Murphy, the school counselor. Murphy didn't adopt the usual 'archaeology' method, digging into the roots his misery. Bobby's background unfortunately messy and fixing it was in Murphy’s control. Instead, Murphy looked for Bobby's 'bright spots'. Bobby did relatively well at Math. Bobby said that he liked his Math teacher. Murphy decoded 3 things the Math teacher did differently: 
- She greeted Bobby at the door (so Bobby felt welcome), 
- She gave him assistance with homework (Bobby felt specially supported), and 
- She always made sure Bobby understood the instructions (since Bobby has a learning disability). 
Murphy recommended these 3 simple things all Bobby's teachers. In three months, Bobby's performance improved by a whooping 80%!
This week, let's look for simple, small solutions when facing a daunting problem. 

Have an excellent week!

Sincerely,

Your friends at Credo