Understand the culture of the new company (with which you are joining or negotiating) and its standards of what is reasonable.
James Nunan – Business person
What’s the best metaphor for defining the project structure and process for getting lean and agile work done? It may be an orchestra. 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
A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.
Jeff Bezos – Amazon Founder
Work metaphors offer visuals, beacons, insights, scripts, and Work Lessons Earned. Metaphors help us design a vision of what to expect from work. The career ladder is a great visual metaphor. A VUCAN started at the bottom and with the right effort climbed each rung.
BTW: VUCAN(R) is an VUCA iNhabitant.