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December 14th, 2007

What Do You Think?

When I ask “what do you think?” I’m really looking for thoughts, reactions, different ways to use concepts, and how you feel about what I write. Something as simple as a word being used in a different way can spark my thinking and drive my writing. For example, one commentor, who admitted he was intimidated […]

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December 13th, 2007

The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received

For Kay our entreprenuer in b5media’s apprenticeship challenge and, of course, YOU: 
Show that you care deeply about your employees by saying “what can the company do to further your career”, and then do it; this creates people who will do anything to make you successful.
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November 1st, 2007

The Strategy-Project Link: Can Politics Teach Us Something?

Watching recent Presidential candidate debates made me wonder about the management of candidates election campaigns. These massive project management efforts are a curious combination of sales, marketing, operations, and finance within a wildly fluctuating and changing environment. Whether they call it a PMO or not, there is a centralized inner circle deciding which projects to start, which ones […]

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October 31st, 2007

Federal Program Enables Small Business Projects

For all you project managers in small companies with even smaller budgets consider the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program. It is a Federal program that funds about 60 centers throughout the United States designed to help small manufacturers and distributors with consulting in areas like lean, quality, and information technology. The Southern California center, California Manufacturing […]

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October 29th, 2007

Tired of This Life? Just Go to Your Second Life

Virtual reality has always intrigued me. The idea of dream like worlds that you can step into and get lost in with other “people” is creepy to say the least. After all most of us operate in a dream like state in this world anyway. Businesses, both large and small, are making money in these […]

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