How To Respond Before It Is Too Late
There it was up on the screen. The list of competitors for our products One, over in the corner of the slide, was called the iPhone.
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You Have To Be Looking For It
Thousands of engineers in the future would not see it. The funny thing about it is, once the hole is explained to you, it’s obvious.
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Can We Really Just Ignore The Small Stuff?
In the worst case I figured, I could always change them back to what they were. So I “fixed” them. Disaster?
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Is Your Management Creatively Incompetent Enough?
I first discovered creative incompetency when I was a young Air Force officer but it has served me well throughout my whole business career.
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One Way Not To Undervalue Yourself
Getting free rein over our work schedules helps improve our productivity. Just don't give that improvement away for free.
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Be The Right Kind Of Expert
In a moment of decisiveness ... I was transformed. By making that fateful decision, I put myself in a place where I finally developed the right expertise.
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It Really Is Simple — We Have To Change To Improve
We know they have the answers, but now we’re whining because they expect us to learn their way of thinking. Why is it so hard?
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When To Rethink What We Think We Already Know
She didn’t know why or for what specific reason she was taking these pills. She hadn't asked.
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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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For Lasting Success Find A Higher Purpose
Money, promotions and recognition are fine motivators but it won’t last or it will be empty unless we contribute to more than just our own well being.
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Project Managers Are You Managing Or Are You Experimenting?
Are we managing projects or are we conducting experiments? Managing you say? Are you really sure?
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Maybe We Should Ignore Our Boss
At such an inauspicious moment, with management dead set against the idea, it surely would have seemed foolhardy to continue designing computer operating systems.
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On-Time Successful Projects? This Year We Can
Projects that consistently complete on time? Gee, we can’t do that. No way ... What? We can?
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Being A Manager Is Hard But Not For The Reasons I Expected
I got into management because that was where the problems were. This would be simple, I thought, get the management right and then we could get the job done right. Boy, was I delusional.
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Finding A Noble Purpose For That Project Motivates Success
The commercial world is all about making money. Yet successful companies often have a noble mission beyond just making money that helps drive their success.
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