It’s a simple truth almost nobody disagrees with—the measurements and rules you use drive the decisions and actions that determine the performance of your business. If you are not very careful measure problems can quickly drive your business in the wrong direction. It happens a lot more than most people realize and it’s probably happening …
Al Davis, the colorful, iconoclastic owner of the NFL’s Oakland Raiders was one of the first to appreciate the importance of speed in football. And the teams he built around this principle were consistently among the best in the league—until the rest of the teams were able to catch up. “Speed kills” was more than just …
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Will 2015 be a boom year for your business or will external forces hold you back? In looking through a bunch of economic forecasts for 2015 I was struck by the range of different opinions. From modest growth to the potential for a great depression like we haven’t seen in the US since 1929. I’m not …
Well here we are again, reflecting looking back on the year passed and ahead to the promise of a new one. Yes, it’s resolution time Everywhere you turn there is advice and strategies for how to make and keep your resolutions, some claiming to be scientifically based. There are even apps to help you stay …
A mentor of mine once said, “The biggest challenge in managing projects is managing risk.” And so when I got involved in the project management field one of the first things I did was to go find out how experts in other fields manage risk. Insurance was one of the first areas I looked at. …