June 23rd, 2008
Our b5media Theme Day focuses on Graduation - New Beginnings in a Challenging Economy led by Darlene at www.interviewchatter.com. Since my three daughters are in their “new beginnings” periods, I’m a sought after advisor. They are: 27 years old- just married and building fitness business, 25- radio show host of S&H Culture Club and fashion […]
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June 19th, 2008
I have some great, reliable, commentors. One of them is Alan Wilensky. Commenting on my June 7th post ““Fewer, More Successful Projects”: The New HP” he gave one of his great personal examples of an IT organization run amuck. Here is his comment (edited by me) and my response:
Alan W: A while ago, I was […]
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June 1st, 2008
Here are the top viewed posts for projectmanagement411.com for May 2008. Interesting that the first two are much older (2-3 months) but continue to be top vote getters. Everything from innovation to PMO governance boards. The recent series on collaborative innovation seems to be sparking some great interest- very much a ground breaking “best of […]
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May 30th, 2008
I’m realizing that I’m a focal point for all things “project” having to do with executing strategies and innovation. In other words, I usually read what I’m interested in on this topic and then pick and choose the best for YOU and put my slant on it. This is my small way of changing things- […]
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May 28th, 2008
Miki at Leadership Turn deals with innovation the Google way. It’s a great read- take a look. I’d like to focus on a couple of things that she brought up:
1. Google’s allowing people to work on their own ideas 20% of the time as long as they track what they are doing.
2. The idea of […]
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May 27th, 2008
Another country that provides readers to projectmanagement411 is Brazil. In fact they are fifth and rising (behind the US, Australia, Czech Republic and Canada) on the list of most readers by country this month.
One reason I’m intensely interested in Brazil is because of their energy policy. Wikipedia says that Brazil…:
“is the world’s second largest producer […]
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May 26th, 2008
Manufacturing Business Technology made us aware of competing energy policies and the arguments being considered. I thought John Engler, National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) CEO, made some excellent comments that point to the importance of contributing to the discussion:
“Manufacturing is the most energy intensive sector of the economy,…The energy plan in Sen. McConnell’s amendment will […]
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May 23rd, 2008
I was really encouraged by the Strategy+Business article on why manufacturers in developed countries are still successful. These manufacturers are bucking the trend towards outsourcing to non-developed countries:
But there is also the counterexample of leading manufacturing companies, farsighted enough to view their factories, supply chains, logistics and procurement programs, inventory cycles, and labor management as […]
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May 21st, 2008
The Czech Republic is one of the top reading groups on my blog. I’m very curious as to why- is it my name, Turek? or the topics ringing true? More importantly, I want to learn and be influenced by what is going on in your country.
My personal heritage is Czechoslovakian with great grandparents and one […]
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May 20th, 2008
I noticed a marked uptick in my Australian readers. I admittedly am not tuned into the business climate there and would appreciate any and all suggestions as to sources of information about innovation and executing business strategies in your country. In particular, how do the United States economic forces and expectations affect your economy? Is […]
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