#388 – COMMUNICATION SKILLS REALLY MATTER – BILL POMFRET PH.D.

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Back in 1990, I was introduced to Og Mandino, a best selling American author, just three of his books, “The Greatest Salesman in the World” The Greatest Miracle in The World” and “The Greatest Secret in the World” these three books alone sold over 50 million copies, his lecture was on “How to write and Speak.” In his presentation, which had been a tradition for more than 40 years, was posted on YouTube not long after his death in 1996. In it, he explains the relationship among three critical elements of any level of success: knowledge (K), practice (P) and talent (T). Continue reading →

#388 – PRESENTATION SKILLS FOR ENGINEERS – FRED SCHENKELBERG

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We often present proposals and reports. We talk about the plan or results. We want funding, approval, or action. We need excellent presentation skills.

Excellent communication skills is often on job openings. It is not there by chance. Your ability to communicate well, especially via presentations is vital for your success and the success of your reliability program. Continue reading →

#388 – PROJECT EMAIL ECONOMICS – MALCOLM PEART

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Economics concerns itself with the determination of the most logical and effective use of resources to meet private and social goals for some form of benefit.  While primarily concerned with industry and business, its concepts of opportunity cost, supply and demand, present value, and mutual interdependence economics is also applicable to email; one of our most utilised forms of communication but, possibly, the most hated. Continue reading →

#388 – COMPANY ACCEPTANCE OF HYBRID PM IS HIGH RISK – JOHN AYERS

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A Hybrid Methodology combining the speed and flexibility of Agile and the structure of Waterfall is feasible and practical. I base my opinion on the research I have done. I recently presented a Webinar to Project Management Institute (PMI) members on how to merge Agile and Waterfall to achieve a Hybrid methodology. The focus of this paper is to address the greatest risk to a company in implementing the new methodology i.e., acceptance of it. I addressed how to accomplish the merger to achieve a Hybrid method in a paper I wrote and posted on LinkedIn in May. Continue reading →

#388 – CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY IS OPPORTUNITY: THE FUTURE IS MALLEABLE – BOB LEONARD

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“If you are proactive, you focus on preparing. If you are reactive, you end up focusing on repairing.” – John C. Maxwell

We live in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) world. And our climate crisis guarantees it will remain a VUCA world for decades. Climate touches everything so it has knock on effects in society, technology, economics and politics, and, obviously, on our ecosystem. Continue reading →