Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips
There are many processes available to solving problems and and working situations. Despite all our advances in methods and processes, still the best method in many cases is to focus on the problem, commit resources, and solve it.
Here’s the secret step to solving any problem:
Solve it
I was reminded of this insight today as [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
I have learned how to email bad emotions and their accompanying physical ailments away. It is a good technique to master.
Several years ago, I opened some shipping cases to inspect some systems that a contractor had built for us. I was disappointed, then I was upset, then furious. There were a bunch of [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
An Apple prototype is found in a bar. A stream of events ensue where no one seems to do the right thing. That is too bad.
This story won’t seem to die. A basic timeline:

Person #1 carries an Apple iPhone prototype out of the facility
Person #1 loses the prototype in a bar
Person #2 [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
There are problems and there are methods of solving them. Given these two items, there are four cases that can define projects. Let’s consider the cases and how to avoid the more painful ones.
In some of my books I have written about projects that went astray, i.e. they were disasters with money and [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
I solve problems. Sometimes that is my job, but often it comes away from the job. I say “no” more often than in the past. There are several reasons with a major one being that only when some people experience the pain of a problem do they stop creating problems for themselves.
I am [...]

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