by Dwayne Phillips Is this yet another boring meeting or a new opportunity to learn? Is this naive? I attend meetings. In my former employment, I attended several meetings each day. My current employment has reduced that to several a week. Most meetings are boring. They are inefficient. They are drudgery. Yuck. Some meetings are […]
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Boring Meetings or Learning Opportunities
July 15th, 2019 · No Comments
Tags: Choose · Learning · Meetings
Good News: We Did Badly in the Past
March 24th, 2019 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Past sins? Past poor performance? That is good news. It means we correct mistakes and do better. We have hope for our future. Good News: When we fixed things, we broke things When we changed things, we had unintended, bad consequences. We wasted money. We wasted time. We treated on another badly. […]
Tags: Change · Choose · Mistakes
Please Remove Your Sticker from My Car
January 31st, 2019 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips We tend to allow others to use us freely. A simple example. About every ten years I buy a new automobile. Yes, I am “cheap,” and yes, today’s automobiles are built well enough to drive efficiently for ten years or more. After buying my last automobile, I arrived at home and noticed […]
Tags: Analysis · Choose · Communication · Customer
Do We Have a Reputation?
December 6th, 2018 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips We each have a reputation, something about us that others “know.” What is it? What do I want it to be? I go to a coffee shop on Saturday mornings to view the Internet and write blog posts. On a recent Saturday I found car keys in the bathroom (shows how old […]
Tags: Choose · Communication · Influence
Last In, Most Important
October 4th, 2018 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips We often use a simple yet silly algorithm for ranking requirements. It is easy. I guess that is why we use it. We have a lot of work to do. We have more work than resources. Hence, we have to rank requirements to work the more important ones first. Well, maybe we […]
Tags: Accountability · Choose · Decide · Requirements
Choosing What We will Attempt
July 12th, 2018 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips You can’t win a vomiting contest with a buzzard. The attempt will be harmful, too. Buzzards are professionals when it comes to vomiting. They practice it daily. I can’t beat them at it. You can’t beat them at it. The trouble is, we think you can. We are educated, smart, capable, and […]
Tags: Choose · Uncategorized
Freedom of Choice and Excuses
September 7th, 2017 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Freedom of choice robs us of excuses. Of course we are free to choose to ignore this. Most of us live in a world of abundance and wealth. Come on folks, admit this is true. We have the freedom to choose much of what we do. It is unfortunate, but we often […]
Forward to the Past
August 10th, 2017 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Once again, our new “technology” brings us back to where we started a few decades ago. Recently… I walk into Starbucks. And there is a long line. So I sit in my usual spot and start my Internet work. I order my coffee and bagel on my phone. Five minutes into work […]
Tags: Change · Childhood · Choose · Technology
The Tides and Decisions
August 3rd, 2017 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Sometimes people decide simply on what washes in and out with the tide. It works sometimes, but I don’t recommend it. The tide comes in. It carries things, deposits them on the beach, and it goes out. The tide comes in. It picks up what is on the beach, and carries it […]
Tags: Choose · Decide · Management
In the Mirror
March 20th, 2017 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I have seen this in people often, especially when looking in the mirror. Not off to a good start, but let’s try to pull something useful from this. We all tend to do what we like and avoid what we don’t like. Not surprising. I like ice cream. I hate paper cuts. […]
Tags: Adults · Change · Choose · Employment