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Category Archives: Planning
Our Loneliness at the Top
“It’s lonely at the top. Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre. The level of competition is thus fiercest for ‘realistic’ goals, paradoxically … Continue reading
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Our Wasting Cash
“Never automate something that can be eliminated, and never delegate something that can be automated or streamlined. Otherwise, you waste someone else’s time instead of your own, which now wastes your hard-earned cash.” Tim Ferriss ————— If you enjoy … Continue reading
Our Time’s Worth
“If you spend your time, worth $20-25 per hour, doing something that someone else will do for $10 per hour, it’s simply a poor use of resources.” Tim Ferriss If you enjoy these postings, please feel free to subscribe … Continue reading
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Our Bigger Goals
“The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is aiming for base hits. There is just less competition for bigger … Continue reading
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Our Box
“It isn’t enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.” Tim Ferriss If you enjoy these posts, please feel free to subscribe to my WordPress blog by providing your email … Continue reading
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Our Biases
Lessons from Behavioural Economics: Our Cognitive Biases “An investment said to have an 80% chance of success sounds far more attractive than one with a 20% chance of failure. The mind can’t easily recognize that they are the same.” … Continue reading
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Our Measurement — An Important Classic!
A classic business guideline — that can’t be stated enough: “What gets measured gets managed.” Peter Drucker, recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom If you enjoy these posts, please subscribe to my WordPress blog by submitting your email at The … Continue reading
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Tips on Strategic Business Planning – Predictions of Reaction Against Globalisation
When thinking back on my business training (a few decades ago!), there are only a few books that stand out as classics and that have served me well in my management consulting. One of those books was Peter Schwartz’s, Art … Continue reading
Tips for Managing Complex Multi-country Roll-out Programmes
Many global companies are wanting to realise the benefits of capturing timely and consistent information and processes across their sites — to allow timely decision-making, to realise efficiencies and to provide ability for team members to have the opportunities to … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Business planning, Business Processes, Cultural values, Effective systems, Leadership, Motivation, PMO, Project Management, Project Portfolio Management, Strategy, Success, Trust
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Is Change Management Over-rated?
Should businesses spend money on people “change management” especially on large-scale projects that are already expensive? Is change management often “a lot of fluff” and “airy-fairy stuff” that is common sense — and often run by people who appear to … Continue reading
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The Added Value 