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In Three Words – What You Do

August 23, 2011 Modified date: January 9, 2014

I found this idea for discussion in a LinkedIn group and I was curious to hear what my readers and this community would say.

How would you describe what you do professionally in just three words?

My first thought was “help people improve.” What three words first come to mind for you? Please add a comment to this post.

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16 COMMENTS

Dean Willson August 23, 2011 At 9:29 am

Facilitate good change.

Sameer Goyal August 23, 2011 At 10:00 am

Help solve problems

Sonja Dieterich August 23, 2011 At 11:13 am

Treating patients safely

Andrew Grapsas August 23, 2011 At 11:40 am

What boss says

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- Mark Graban August 23, 2011 At 11:45 am
  
  That is indeed a :-( Andrew
  
Artagnan Ayala August 23, 2011 At 10:41 pm

Collet. Analyze. Share.

Ron August 23, 2011 At 11:59 pm

In three words, the most thing I usually do is to “make people happy”. If they become happy then I will become happy also. What you do to others will also be done to you in return.

Justin Gradek August 24, 2011 At 12:32 am

Daily Continuing Education,

While the work is professional, iterative, and not designed to be an education; I approach it as such…

Alina Hsu August 24, 2011 At 1:17 am

Engage people.

I think this engagement is critical to all Lean initiatives, from the smallest to the largest. I’m harking back to Spears’ discussion of continuous learning (which I like better than continuous improvement because it has the right center of gravity). The idea of engagement also highlights the eighth waste, of human potential.

kopstar August 24, 2011 At 1:53 am

Help people learn.

Matt May August 25, 2011 At 10:58 am

Create Meaningful Change

Enrique Herrera August 27, 2011 At 12:01 am

Share my knowledge

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