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Monthly Archives: August 2016
Project Planning: Stay out of the (San Francisco) Mud
San Francisco’s $350 MM Millennium Tower is sinking into the mud beneath it. Finished in 2009, some now believe that it could sink as much as 3 feet – greater than initial estimates of ‘possibly an inch in the event … Continue reading
Posted in Disruption, Industry, Innovation, Materials Science
Tagged Architecture, Materials, Mud, Planning, Project, Project Management, Soil
5 Ways NBC Could Have Saved Olympic Coverage
Criticism of NBC’s coverage of the Rio Summer Olympics began early. Tear inducing back stories showing an Olympians inspiration and path to the games is a well known trope. The real tragedy that emerges from NBC’s blaming an entire generation … Continue reading
“I hate your plan. (But I won’t suggest alternatives.)”
Names can create power. Finding an existing accepted name is even more helpful. I encountered a management challenge that has been hard to name. After circling the problem for a few weeks, I opened up Pirie’s, How to Win Every … Continue reading
Posted in Business, History, Methods, Theory, Uncategorized
Tagged Behavior, leadership, Logic, Logical fallacy, Management, Reading, Words