The future of work is changing due to COVID-19 and impending new technologies. To mitigate the future of work risk, high school and college students should consider careers as a Project Manager. Workers who are currently in jobs that are in jeopardy should contemplate upskilling to become a Project Manager. The question becomes How Do I Get A Project Manager Job? Continue reading
Fred Schenkelberg is a reliability engineer who has worked in the field for over twenty years. He is a West Point graduate. He majored in Physics. He holds a Masters in Statistics from Stanford University. He began his career in reliability engineering at Raychem Corporation. He moved to Hewlett Packard (HP). At HP he helped create the Corporate Reliability Program. In 2004 he founded FMS Reliability. FMS Reliability is a management and reliability engineering consulting firm. He is the founder of the reliability engineering professional development site Accendo Reliability. Continue reading
A common practice I’ve seen in organizations is to deal with field failures when they occur. This may occur when the mistaken assumption that no failure will occur due to ‘such an excellent design.”
Ben Franklin may not have been thinking about future product failures, yet his quote:
By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail.
implies we need to prepare ourselves and our organization to deal with field failures. Having clear processes to deal with field failures is a best practice. Continue reading
“That’s a Red Flag!” goes the cry from some when something amiss is recognised. However, many project participants don’t realise that their Project sails through a sea of flags and that, on some occasion, the flags can be read as red by somebody at some time.
In a similar nautical vein the Roman writer Ovid once poetized “The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea“. While written some 2,000 years ago it is as true today as it ever was and a reminder to us all that risks lurk everywhere. Some risks may not be identified, let alone assessed and may go unnoticed until they strike. We need to be aware and vigilant and avoid a complacent belief that a risk register is the be all and end all. Continue reading
If money, and the future of money, is important to you, and I hope it is, you need to read this article. There is a misconception occurring surrounding the concepts of digital currency. Understanding what digital currency actually is, how it can be used and potentially misused, and, most important, how it is drastically different from the likes of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, is paramount in shaping the future of global and local financial systems. Continue reading