You’ve heard it before: If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it does it make a sound? The boring answer is of course: “Uh, well..yeah”, but what the query is hinting at is the nature of reality. Apparently it was the Irish philosopher George Berkeley who posed the question. Berkeley’s dictum […]
So you’ve read through the vast collection of process, project, operations “best practice” literature out there, from the deceptively lucid “Getting Real” via the various incarnations of the Agile/Lean movement – so pregnant with promise, to the more demanding and grown up PMI, IPMA and PRINCE2 frameworks. Good for you! You’ve done your homework. I […]
Strangely, I’ve come across quite a few intelligent people in my day who demonstrated apparent problems understanding the difference between Goals and Objectives. As a result I’ve been known to find myself in discussions where Mr. Confusion and Mrs. Frustration joined in. So here’s a breakdown for you. Remember Star Wars? Of course you do. […]
I’ve come across quite a few people in my day who try to add structure to their lives with the aid of deadlines. They set a point in time when this or that task has to be done. There might not be an actual need for the task to be finished right then, but these […]
Stress is a problem, because with too much of it, you start making bad decisions. The same is true of a number of situations when you find yourself in a passionate state (stress being just one of these states; tired, hungry, sexually aroused also qualify) Dan Ariely ) author of Predictably Irrational makes some interesting […]
When I was in the army, a life time ago, we had just finished three months of officer training to become leaders of men. The new recruits, the very men (boys) we would be responsible for, were to arrive the day after. Months of planning and training and now the big day was here. Now, […]
There are plenty of acronyms floating around and since we all love them dearly we need to add to this flora. I’d like to share with you a method that has been known to work for us. It’s our own invention: The DONFI, the Day Of No Fu**ing Interruptions. Here’s the deal: You need input […]
