Shifting Gears – When it’s Time to Pivot
Is your “Confirmation Bias” Backing you into a Corner?
Confirmation bias + Excess focus on the areas we know best (regardless of their importance) = Epic Failures a.k.a. Projects that consume a ton of energy and yield little in the way of results. Think it doesn’t happen to you? Hmmm…
Speed Read your Work Environment, Today
See the bigger picture. Our Free “Field Guide” gives you some key questions to help widen your view beyond your department or division. It covers topics as diverse as “Power Players” “Who’s Buying, Who’s Paying, Who’s Watching”, “Revenue Streams” “People Culture” “Technology” “Bomb Dropping” and a few others you need to know.
Uncomfortable Conversation #2: The Project has some Cost Overruns. Big Ones.
You blew the budget. And now it’s time to face the music. How to have that conversation.
Uncomfortable Conversation #1: “We need to shut down a business line”
The news isn’t good. It may not even be what they’re expecting to hear. Making a tough call isn’t easy and the conversation won’t be either.
What if the Government is your Biggest Customer?
How a government shut down can impact your business and others. Are you as diversified as you think?
What Bubble are You Living in? Billy Joel used to live in it too!
In 1982, in his world and mine, Channel 13 was PBS and we assumed everyone would know that. We were wrong.
Pushing a snowball uphill? How to keep your focus!
Are you still working towards your goal or are you lost in the busywork. How to watch for the distractions that come during difficult projects.
Rule #8: Understand the Art, Science and Use of Duct Tape
There is a time for elegant fixes. Breathtaking strategies that will Wharton case studies for generations to come. And there are times when only duct tape will do.
Rule #4: Do the Math: Follow the Money
Want to know what levers you’ll be able to move and what resources you can access to execute your brilliant strategy? Start here.