Archive for November, 2008

Winners

November 29, 2008
By Mike
Winners

We have someone in the office who has a quote posted in their cubicle that says, “Winners don’t do different things.  They do things differently.”  Apparently, this was written by Shiv Khera, a motivational speaker and author from India.  Now, I thought about this for quite a while, trying to figure out just what...
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Design By Committee

November 8, 2008
By Mike

The video below is a great example of how many organizations tackle designing their solutions. Though this uses a corporation as an example, this very much applies to government as well. Design by committee rarely, if ever works and is almost guaranteed to lead to the project’s failure. Common problems that...
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Fire Them Up!

November 8, 2008
By Mike

This book is going on my list of books to read next. Outside of being appropriate for me as a manager, I can see it applying to presentation delivery.
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Of Obama and Communism

November 5, 2008
By Mike

For those who follow me on Twitter, you may be thinking I’m going overboard when I equate the Democrats’ gains in Congress and in Obama’s taking the White House with a slide toward Communism.  However, consider the following all together.  It smacks of the Soviet rhetoric we heard growing up: Biden insisting that paying more...
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Racists For Anne Barth?

November 2, 2008
By Mike

This should come as no surprise, given the amount of money he brings to our state, but our senator famous for using the “N” word on the Senate floor 9 years ago can be seen endorsing Anne Barth in her race for Congress. What’s more important than this racist’s endorsement of Barth is...
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