This is my story and in many ways may become the story of your work, career, and job. So, pay heed. Understand the conventional rules and challenge/hack the rules of work. Your story arc will be different.
I started out of high school doing manual work. My first job was as an ordinary seaman in the merchant marine. I worked on rust buckets on and off for 5 years. This manual work was very hard and frankly not suited to my style, abilities, temperament, and life direction. Continue reading
I have been an entrepreneur and in business – nonstop – since 1985. And over the course of those 30-plus years, I have gained a lot of experience. But as the saying goes; “Experience is the most difficult teacher, she gives the test first and teaches the lesson after.” So I can say, with some degree of certainty, that I have made every mistake a business person could make. Sometimes, I would repeat the mistake just to be certain. Continue reading
If you are reading this, you probably engage in professional networking on social media. And if you are like me, you have been engaging for a very long time.
The motivation is probably similar to mine. You want to learn and understand what’s going on in your profession, your industry, your community – and probably the world at large – so you can remain aware and up to date on the latest information and knowhow. Continue reading
Process audits are highly focused, but their effective techniques are not always understood. Because there is no sanctioned process audit standard, anyone can claim to be doing process audits. Also, the use of process auditing techniques such as tracing is not limited to process audits or process-based management systems. Continue reading
Overview
The cost of delay on technical projects averages tens of thousands of dollars per day in lost profit. This briefing describes a project management approach called Rapid Iterations Project Management (RIPM), which is optimized for speed and efficiency with the assumption that project requirements will be changing for a period of time. RIPM utilizes elements of Agile, Lean, Kanban and general project management best practices combined – yielding an optimal methodology for rapid development with changing requirements. Continue reading