If you know me, you know that I have a book buying addiction. The other day, I strolled in to Barnes and Noble and saw a career help section set up. I picked up a small book called The Job Survival Instruction Book, which is a book offering “400+ Tips, Tricks, and Techniques” on how [...]
It was 2004, in a critical stretch of a major project, and the project team was spending the weekend holed up in a conference room in intense design sessions. The team was staring at magnified circuit boards, a small but immensely critical piece of a complex radar system and there was a serious problem: the [...]
My first job out of the Air Force Academy was simple: Manage the ‘task list’ of action items and have them ready for the Colonel’s stand-up staff meeting at 7 AM. The expectations were clear – Show up on time with a status for every task, and run through brick walls if needed to chase [...]
I love making lists. I’m OCD like that – to-do lists, music play-lists, best-of-whatever lists, lists about things that suck that should stay in 2009, and yes, Christmas lists (notice the obvious omission of grocery lists – that’s one list I don’t do!). This year is no different, and I have my business Christmas list [...]