About the Author

My name is Fred Nickols and I am a writer, consultant and former executive-level manager. I write and consult about various aspects of work, workers, working and the workplace, including human behavior and performance, productivity, problem solving, strategy, change management, knowledge management and communities of practice. I maintain a web site at http://www.nickols.us, where you will find almost 200 articles and more than 50 tools for knowledge workers. I am also a retired, decorated Navy chief petty officer, a fire control technician, charged with operating, maintaining and repairing complex, shipboard weapons systems (guns and missiles). While in the Navy I was trained as a technician, a classroom instructor, a writer of programmed instructional materials, an instructional systems developer and an internal organization development (OD) consultant. I have published three books on Amazon: "Sea Stories: Tales about Leadership, Morale and More," "Tools for Knowledge Workers" and "The Words of Jesus."

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