How well we communicate is determined not by how well we say things but by how well we are understood.
Andrew Grove, CEO Intel
LinkedIn said that ‘communications’ is the #1 top skill you need in your professional profile. Good communications are a vital element to all RBPS and RBDM. Communications problems can impact senior executives to low-level VUCANs. One challenge is you may remember as little as 25% of what you heard in the last two days. Continue reading
As technology advances in complexity and scope, fear becomes more primitive.
Don DeLillo – Writer
I’m surprised how many people are techno-phobes in a tech economy. Wonder why? When you hear the following words, what do you think about? Faster. Better. Killer.
Cheaper. Smaller. Agile. Tech and specifically the smart phone are usually at the heart of disruption. Continue reading
A bad habit never disappears miraculously; it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
Abigail Van Buren – Self Help Guru
I’ve project managed $200M projects. I’ve had some jobs come in on budget, in scope, and on schedule. I’ve had projects fail miserably and been fired. I’ve had to kill projects. I think Continue reading
In my desperation, I have finally discovered that the only way that I can begin to fill the gaping hole within me is to be thankful for what’s there, and not angry for what’s not.”
Craig D. Lounsbrough – Author
A millennial the other day was wearing a Y hoodie from Yale University his alma mater. We got into a conversation about work. Well, he was working at an Amazon distribution center with a quarter million-dollar degree. Huh! There has been a global and collective obsession with getting any college degree, seemingly regardless of its value and employability. Continue reading
Two roads diverged in a wood … I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost – Author of The Road Not Taken Poem
What roads have you taken in life and work? Did you have choices of multiple roads? Why did you make the choices you made? Or, did circumstances dictate the choice for you? Continue reading