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Showing posts with label
Planning
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Showing posts with label
Planning
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April 13, 2018
Why Worry?
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So I had an interesting conversation with a colleague, and they tell me their philosophy about worry, as follows: Worrying is sufferin...
December 2, 2017
Our Forefathers Were Planners And So Are We
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Thank you to Rabbi Haim Ovadia for his speech today at Magen David Synagogue on the topic of how our forefathers in the Bible were plann...
November 7, 2017
Sometimes We Get Surprised
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Sometimes we get surprised in life. Now of course, the surprise can be good or not so good. One person told me this funny sto...
October 26, 2017
Supervisors vs. Team Leaders
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Here is a comparison of the roles and responsibilities of supervisors and team leaders. Often there can be confusion over who is suppos...
October 25, 2017
Falling On The Sword
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Sometimes things happen that we don't agree with or like. We may even get blamed for them when we didn't do anything wrong. ...
April 30, 2017
Strategy, Strategery, Stratego
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Like the all knowing eye... Strategy is our way of trying to forge a coherent path ahead. Of course, as humans, we are imperfect and ...
April 7, 2017
Managing for Humpty Dumpty Risk
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So this was interesting... I was in a meeting and someone was discussing the risks involved in a project. And they mentioned the Humpt...
March 2, 2017
Culture Intersects With Preparedness
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Just really loved this emergency preparedness poster by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). It builds off of the #1, hit TV show, The ...
November 22, 2016
Good IT Gone Bad
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So over and over again, good IT goes bad in a flawed decision-making process. Even with the best laid plans and governance processes in...
October 11, 2016
On the Lookout To Managing Risk
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So risk management is one of the most important skills for leadership. Risk is a function of threats, vulnerabilities, probabilities, a...
August 24, 2016
Crazy World Of Work
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This was a funny sign. "You don't have to be crazy to work here. We'll train you." Isn't that the truth too oft...
July 31, 2016
What Is The Creative Process and Success?
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One of my colleagues at work had this hanging on his wall. It caught my eye and I thought it was worth sharing. The creative process...
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April 8, 2016
Help Is Coming
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So I used to have a boss who said something really funny. He used to go, "Everybody says they want to help us" and then bemoan...
March 22, 2016
Stop To Think OR Stop Thinking
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The Thinker. It's very important to have time (and space) to sit down and think. Not just go through life in the motions--"d...
January 11, 2016
Powerball Powers Past
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I suppose the makers of the Powerball lottery never envisioned a $1.3 billion jackpot. As you can see the sign only goes up to $999 mil...
November 10, 2015
The Unsustainable U.S. Economy
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The U.S. National Debt often touted at an enormous $18 trillion is really more than 3 times that amount and closer to a whopping $65 tril...
April 13, 2015
| Go With A Winning Strategy |
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So there was an office discussion the other day about something having a "checkered past." And one of my colleagues said wisel...
November 18, 2014
Give 'Em A Choice
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This is a funny sign from Germany for exiting...you can go this way or that. I guess that's a choice...even if they both take you to...
July 20, 2014
Better Early Than Never
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So I learned a new word/concept today...PREcrastination ( New York Times ) It's when you do things early! The better known oppos...
March 2, 2014
Restraint or Recklessness?
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Like many of you, as I watch the events unfold with the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, I am amazed at the "restraint" bei...
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