July 2016 archive

IF FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION! – why is there even a check box for it on the firm of life? – continued…

Recently the CIO of a major corporation canceled a project that had been in the works for over 2 years. Hundreds if not thousands of man hours had been poured into this project, in the forms of testing, development and documentation. This CIO was approximately 5 levels AWAY from the folks doing the actual work. …

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IF FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION! – why is there even a check box for it on the firm of life?

This begins a short series on starting and FINISHING what you start and on why its not even conceivable to think about quitting! “If you FAIL to plan than you are PLANNING to FAIL!  We have ALL heard phrases like this. The best of course is the one that says “Failure is NOT an option.” …

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