Nothing changes unless there’s a problem. In fact, without a problem, there can be no solution. One of the devious ways to solve your problem is to create conditions for others to think it’s their problem. Shame on you if you try to get me to solve your problem. And......
As geopolitical pressures rise, some countries that supply the parts that make up your products may become nonviable. What if there was a way to reinvent the supply chain and move it to more stable regions? And what if there was a way to guard against the use of child......
What does work look like when you prioritize your happiness? When it’s announced that open positions will not be backfilled to meet the practical realities of a recession, you reduce the scope of your projects and push out their completion dates to match the reduction in resources. And the impact......
Breaking up work into small chunks can be a good way to get things started. Because the scope of each chunk is small, the cost of each chunk is small making it easier to get approval to do the work. The chunk approach also reduces anxiety around the work because......
When you spend time with a group in person, you get to know them in ways that can’t be known if you spend time with them using electronic means. When meeting in person, you can tell when someone says something that’s difficult for them. And you can also tell when......
If there’s no problem, there can be no solution. If there’s no dissatisfaction, there can be no change. If there’s no caring, there can be no disagreement, though there can be arguments. If there is a wanting for things to be different, there can be no happiness, though there will......
Before you decide which project to start, decide which project you’ll stop. The best way to stop a project is to finish it. The next best way is to move the resources to a more important project. If you find yourself starting before finishing, stop starting and start finishing. People’s......
We use our previous experiences as context for decisions we make in the present. When we have a bad experience, the experience-context pair gets stored away in our memory so that we can avoid a similar bad outcome when a similar context arises. And when we have a good experience,......
If the student has no interest, they are not yet a student and it’s not yet time for learning. Learning comes hard, especially when it’s not wanted. The teacher that tries to teach a student that’s not yet a student is not yet a teacher. There can be no teacher......
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