7 Steps Ahead - consulting and coaching for businesses and individuals

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Upcoming Talks

May 3-4, 2008: Gifted Kids and Groupwork. At BIQ, Chelmsford MA

May 6: Exploiting the Constraints of the Medium: Applying lessons from Tabletop Roleplaying vs. Live Roleplaying to Computer Games. MIT Gambit Game Lab.

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Selected Publications

"The Seven Habits of Pointy-Haired Bosses," at ByThePeople.com

"Building a talent team, not a horde of heroes," in Mass High Tech.

"Visionary Visions: How To Avoid Becoming Dilbert's Pointy-Haired Boss," in the Worcester Business Journal.

"Routine Matters," in the Lincoln Journal.

"The Use of Structured Goal Setting in Simulation Design"
Applying goal setting techniques to create more effective, more enjoyable, games and simulations. In the Journal of Interactive Drama.

Exploiting the Constraints of the Medium -- Applying Lessons From Tabletop vs. Live Roleplaying to Computer Games. Webcast available at WPI Interactive Media and Game Development.

Welcome to 7 Steps Ahead. We provide a variety of consulting and coaching services for businesses and individuals.

A flashlight casts a wide beam…most of the energy is wasted.
A laser is precise and focused…all of the energy hits the target.
Which one would you rather be?
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