Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips I just thought things would be better if I took the role of … I was wrong. Why? I was just trying to … but no one asked me to. I was just trying to assist the project manager. Our project manager is a good person who knows their job. There were, […]

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by Dwayne Phillips We all make mistakes. Some are allowable and some not. There is the mistake budget. We all make mistakes. The sooner we acknowledge and live that the better we will be (IMHO). Some mistakes, like typographical errors in blog posts, are embarrassing but that’s about the cost. Other mistakes, those that cost […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Sometimes you concede or yield to another person’s experience in a situation. Folks seem to hate that. “You have more experience with this type of thing or this type of situation. I yield to your judgement here.” Seems like that is pretty reasonable and wise. Folks seem to hate it. What is […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Yet another rant by an old man about something we used to do. etiquette: noun, the customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group. Hat etiquette. See above. I am old. I still have scars from my parents and grandparents and school teachers. Take […]

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by Dwayne Phillips We have to read the fine print to understand our agreements. Why, however, is there fine print? I was reading through a contract document recently. I missed several things, just a couple of words buried in a 100-page document. I guess we call those things “the fine print.” Gotta’ read the fine […]

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by Dwayne Phillips A simple tool for providing feedback to a writer. “Mary had a little lamb.” The above five-word phrase can be said at least ten different ways. It can be assigned at least ten different meanings. Which one did the writer intend? Now we come to providing feedback to a writer. Ask, “Do […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Integrity is doing what you say you will do. Sometimes things happen that block intentions. This becomes tricky quickly. Day 1: We will release our information to you on day 15. Day 30: We intended to release our information to you on day 15, but, ya’ know, uh. We will release our […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Meet me at the big oak tree outside of town at dusk. They said something like that in the old Westerns. It makes sense to still do this. There was always a showdown or something in the old Westerns. The big oak tree a mile outside of town at dusk. How did […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Everyone claims agreement. Great. Let’s just test that statement with a blank sheet of paper. The beginning of this post is copied from a post a couple years back. Then we pick up with a different test. “We all agree on what we are to do!” claimed a person full of hope […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I only want to pay for what I use. Caution. While that sounds fine at first, there are implications. Technology has enabled us to go in that perilous direction. I only want to pay for what I use. I have this cable TV package (Yes, I am one of those old folks […]

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