How To Rid Yourself Of Those Inefficient Political Battles
And there can’t be politics. There is no room for it in a company. When you do that, things become pretty simple. - Apple CEO Tim Cook.
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Practicing To Fail In Order To Succeed Big
"You need to have more ‘gotcha’ fees, that’s how airlines make their money." Maybe Dogbert was on to something?
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Fixing Problems By Hunting For The Guilty — The Story Of The Bulb
If something goes wrong, just find that person and fix them! Not!
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Yes I Know It Seems So Reasonable And Yes Everyone Does It
The COO said we had to guarantee that all future deliveries would be just as successful. I told her she couldn’t afford such a guarantee. She was not happy,
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Why Context Is Critical To Making Successful Choices
First off, I mention that we’ve been successful every time at getting organizations to on-time (i.e., within two weeks). Not only were we on time, but the quality of the product was dramatically improved.
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We Are Still Doomed To Repeat Our Problems If We Ignore Our Past Data
I could now readily see how we consistently repeated the same problems on each projects. This is how we got the data we needed.
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Are We Always Connected But Always Distracted?
Being always connected to our work and project often means we are constantly distracted. It doesn't have to be this way. This is what worked for us.
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Can You Really Spot Over-generalizations?
It certainly sounds like the problem that needs to be solved, but is it really?
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We Probably Already Have All The Information We Need For Success
We need data to improve our performance and the surprising finding is that we generally already have just about all we need.
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Some Scary Things Are Worth Sharing
When [Ford’s Scott] Monty was planning what became the Summer of Taurus campaign … he wrote a rough outline of what he wanted and posted it to Yammer. Within a week, a person from an IT group that normally didn’t work with marketing was able...
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How To Quickly Give Your Boss An Accurate Estimate
The problem is not a surprise request for a quick estimate. The problem is that we are not prepared to give quick estimates. Here is how we did it.
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