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#319 – HOW ONE PERSON CAN CHANGE A RELIABILITY CULTURE – FRED SCHENKELBERG

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Nicholas W. Eyrich, Robert E. Quinn, and David P. Fessell published in the Harvard Business Review an article titled “How One Person Can Change the Conscience of an Organization”, dated December 27, 2019. In the article, they discuss how corporate transformations, while assumed to occur from the top-down, actually it is the middle managers and first-line supervisor that can make significant change happen. Continue reading →

#310 – HOW TO GET A PROJECT MANAGER JOB? – JOHN AYERS

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The demand for project managers today is high and will continue to grow well into the future. It is a well-paying, satisfying profession to pursue. The question is, how to get a project manager job. The short answer is: some education; lot of relevant experience; and an opportunity. Three stories are presented herein to illustrate some of the different approaches that have worked to get a project manager job.  Continue reading →

#304 – PROJECT CHANGE CONTROL – JOHN AYERS

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How changes are controlled can be a risk to a project.  Changes can be non-disruptive or disruptive to a project.

An authorized change is not disruptive to a project. It is initiated by the customer and does not represent a risk because the contractor prepares and submits a proposal to incorporate the change into the baseline plan.  It is a contract change that comes with budget and schedule for the change.  Unauthorized changes constitute a risk to a project because they do not include a budget or schedule. They are disruptive to a project. The key to change control management risk reduction is to minimize the number of unauthorized changes. Continue reading →

#304 – EFFECTIVE COVID 19 VACCINES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED. ARE WE SAFE NOW? – ALLEN TAYLOR

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Covid-19 is spiking everywhere. Entire countries are reverting to hard lockdowns. Current disease spread shows that staged re-openings ordered by governments have been premature. As a result, in most countries, infections now are far higher than they were when lockdowns were first imposed back in the spring. In light of all this, what do the recent announcements of 95% effective vaccines mean? Are we about to win the battle against Covid-19 or not? Continue reading →

#299 – DR. FAUCI AT 79, IS AT HIGH RISK FOR COVID-19: WHAT DOES HE DO? – ALLEN TAYLOR

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is the United States’ top expert on the Covid-19 pandemic. He is the voice of reason and solid, reliable science at a time when politicians and a cacophony of other voices are spreading confusion and outright misinformation. Supplements, herbs, and other nostrums are being promoted as preventatives, and a host of drugs are being tested as possible treatments. Some people are even talking about “cures,” although that is a mighty strong word for something whose long-term effects are, at this point, far from fully known or understood. Continue reading →