Want To Be a Program Manager?

I asked Paula Wagner in a past podcast what qualities do you look for in someone that wants to fill the position of Global Program Manager? Paula Wagner, MBA, PMP, has more than 20 years of business experience in technology, strategy, and planning. Related Podcast and Transcription: The Program Manager UnMasked Paula:  With someone who’s Read More …

When is there to much information on a page?

I asked Mick Campbell, MBA is co-founder and Managing Partner of OPPM International (The New One-Page Project Manager: Communicate and Manage Any Project With A Single Sheet of Paper) that question in a past podcast. Related Podcast and Transcript: Easy, Not Simple Project Management Joe: Has anyone ever claimed that there is too much information Read More …

Production Improvement: Crank it up and Go Faster

Remember the classic TV segment of Ethel and Lucy at the candy factory? “That Lucy segment is a classic example of production and the mindset of “Hey, let’s turn this up and crank this dial and go faster,” said Bob Petruska in this video segment. Bob Petruska of Sustain Lean Consulting will be working his Read More …

How Sur-Seal Became a Visual Organization

Mick Wilz, co-owner of Sur-Seal Corporation, began his own journey to personal and business excellence about five years ago by actively seeking a variety of tools to meet his needs and the needs of the business. He says, “My interest is to take tribal knowledge and make it visual and accessible to everyone.” Mick is Read More …

OCD: Organize, Create and Discipline

Justin Klosky strives to help people find organizational discipline in their lives. Through his own obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) Klosky created the O.C.D. Experience.  Klosky and his team bring full-service organization to high-profile clients and businesses across the country. Organize & Create Discipline: An A-to-Z Guide to an Organized Existence is Justin’s new book and Read More …

How Many Good Ideas are Lost because of a Poor Plan?

I feel like we spend a great deal of time re-naming or re-packing different processes and methodologies. Half of our arguments between these methods do little to improve either process. It is a shame because most have a lot to learn from the other. I can hardly think it will change; we have been doing Read More …