“Profit comes when the job is done right.” This idea came up during a discussion with a friend of mine about facilitating a paradigm shift at work. When a company is focused on profit, project centricity becomes primary. This is natural as project management is critical to managing earned value in the quest to maximize… Read More
Minding Our Leadership Gap
Last time we spoke of feedback through auditing, interviews, and the like. Even going to the doctor is a form of feedback albeit less formal than audits or interviews. However, I know some folks who are just as stressed out by doctors as interviews and audits. We also spoke of the leadership gap between what… Read More
Working with our Mental Models
There are two kinds of properties that we deal with every moment of our lives. There are those things we can control to varying degrees of influence. These are manageable properties. Examples of manageable properties are our reactions to our situation, our attitude, our choices to pursue an action, and most importantly, our attention. And,… Read More
Seeking Emergent Properties
There have been some people who have questioned why I chose to have a picture of water waves in my header. It’s quite simple. The standing wave in a river is an excellent example of emergent properties. Emergent properties are extrinsic in nature. They unfold or reveal themselves like a wave in a river. The… Read More
Our Health is an Asset
Whether young or old, when we are active we bring more energy and spirit to our lives. Health emerges from our activities. The types of movements we partake in affects how we think. When we move, do we move with all aspects of our body? When we walk, do we walk with just our… Read More
Quality of Life Emerges Out of Our Decisions
Recently, an auditor evaluated the company I work for to approve us to perform work to their workmanship processes. During the close out session, the auditor made a comment the struck a chord. “I let go of the quality in my life 15 years ago.” He went on to talk about working overtime and dedicating… Read More
Business of You 