The quality of your life depends on the water you drink, the air you breathe, the roads you drive, and the power you have. Period.
In other words, the quality of your life depends on your access and availability of electricity, water, roads, bridges, and power or in other words your infrastructure.
Are you feeling “The Hour of Truth” is closing in, a Quality Professional would formulate his or her Last Will – perhaps as follows:
“This knowledge is all I leave as Inheritance to my Successors: Continue reading
Easter just passed. We Catholics have a new Pope, therefore the Fast rule had to be implemented, more strictly than ever. So, here are some thoughts on ISO during my fast.
I know of two basic inputs and outputs to risk-controlling Communication processes: Continue reading
From working as an expert witness in a number of lawsuits where large software projects were cancelled or did not operate correctly when deployed, four major problems occur repeatedly: 1) Accurate estimates are not produced or are overruled; 2) Requirements changes are not handled effectively; 3) Quality control is deficient; 4) Progress tracking fails to alert higher management to the seriousness of the issues. There are often other problems as well, but these four always occur in breach of contract litigation. Continue reading
What goes down must come back up and employers may not be ready for the next shift in the market:
Your top performers may be leaving.
Americans are cranky, disengaged, and looking for something better. Suffering from overwork and being witness to those who had to clean out their office cubes; these employees are the survivors of recession. Clearly the data points to the summer of discontentment in the office.
THE NUMBERS?
In January of 2012, Career Builder surveyed 3,900 leaders across the country. 32% of employers reported top performers left their organization and 39% are concerned they’ll lose top employees in 2013. On the flip side, Career Builder surveyed employees and found while most workers (66%) say they are generally satisfied with their job, 25% say they will change jobs in 2013 or 2014. Clearly they are fishing!