Timothy Johnson, author of the Carpe Factum blog (great blog…check it out), had an interesting St. Patrick’s Day post titled “The Luck of the Irate” where he talks about the wonderful “hit and run” managers. You know, this managers that step into a situation that they know very little about, offer their opinions and/or bark [...]
Experience vs Ability Redux
March 28, 2008 By 2 Comments
In early March, Mind Hacks had an interesting article titled “Are you experienced? Does it matter?” which adds another wrinkle to my the argument I made in my Experience vs Ability post. The article, which cites a Time magazine article titled “The Science of Experience“, states that, according to research reported in the Time article: [...]
It’s Your Ship
March 27, 2008 By 3 Comments
Just finished reading the book “It’s Your Ship” by Mike Abrashoff. At first glance, this book looks like it would be something that I wouldn’t like at all…the picture of the naval officer (the author) on the front really turned me off. I read the book at the urging of a friend and was pleasantly [...]
Project Shrink Posts “Proud Postings”
March 26, 2008 By 2 Comments
WordCamp Dallas 2008
March 23, 2008 By 1 Comment
Just registered for WordCamp Dallas 2008…looking forward to seeing meeting some very interesting folks….especially looking forward to Matt Mullenweg’s talk on the future of WordPress, John Pozadzides’s “45 Ways to Power Up Your Blog” and Chris Smith’s “SEO For Bloggers” presentations…I’ve followed these three folks for quite some time and it’ll be nice to get [...]
Is Perfect worth it?
March 19, 2008 By 5 Comments
“Don’t let perfect ruin good” That’s what Harry Beckwith, author of “Selling the Invisible” has to say on the subject. He goes on to say the following: “You easily can get stalled in the shift from strategy to tactics because you are paralyzed by your desire for excellence” I see this type of thing all [...]
Project Knowledge Management
March 13, 2008 By 8 Comments
I’ve been reading up on knowledge management topics (due to one of my classes being “Knowledge Management”) and have found that there is a nice subset of knowledge management research focused on managing knowledge in projects. I found this interesting and dove into a few articles that I found. In the project management world, there [...]
Saturn Aura Final Update
March 8, 2008 By 2 Comments
The Go-Giver
March 3, 2008 By 1 Comment
I’m just finishing up “The Go-Giver” by Bob Burg and John David Mann. My review in two words: “Love it“. The book is a ‘business parable’ (whatever that means) that gives some great advice on what the authors have titled the ‘Five Laws of Stratospheric Success”. The five laws are: Law of value Law of [...]
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