Jason A. Belt

Coalesce – come together to form one mass or whole.

  • I’m a dad, husband, friend, and son
  • I am a nerd and I love sports
  • I love learning about new things
  • I am fueled by solving problems with people and building teams

Tag: Simple

  • What Motivates You?

    What motivates you? For some, it is money. For others, it is winning. For me, a big motivator has always been to make my family proud. I come from a working-class, blue-collar, union, factory-working family. All of us lived in and around a small town for 7 generations and can even trace back our work…

  • I like routines, norms, habits, systems, and all things that make my life as consistent and predictable as possible. Building these systems ensures that I have the personal headspace to enjoy the times when I get to branch out and do something new. Well, one of my morning routines is reading Seth’s Blog. Seth Godin…

  • Connecting the ‘Why’ of the change to the People(s) impacted… As a manager, we often are faced with the difficult challenge of pushing initiatives that are very challenging. Sometimes these initiatives are even tough to handle from a human perspective. Like, mandating people to work overtime to meet a deadline. Making some cuts in tools,…

  • Chasing The Squirrel

    Have you been at a meeting for one topic, but then before you know it, one person derails the meeting with a side topic that came from the discussion happening at that time? Some of my colleagues and I have called this chasing ‘The Squirrel’. Work happens in shared groups of people. The people you…