Genius by Osmosis
Project Management
Project Managers: Do your freaking homework!
There are so many people that are either officially designated as “project managers” or at least act in a similar function in business improvement that do NOTHING but manage projects. While you are thinking in your head, “DUH!” let me explain. PMs get bogged down by the daily routine of managing timelines, budgets, people and [...]
Analysis Paralysis
Many of you have suffered through this and hopefully many of you can avoid this. I was working on a project optimizing cost and service level of this product (a transactional process). While I was digging into the model and analysing the data there was something I couldn’t reconcile. As I looked at the data [...]
Decision Science is Decision Difference
Do you ever get sick of that data guy? I hope not. Data is the lifeblood of any successful business. Anytime an organization deviates from what the data said, they often find poor results. In those instances where the results are good…they just weren’t looking at the right data. Data does and will tell ALL. [...]
The Author:
I'm a Six Sigma Black Belt & project manager trained by a Fortune 100 company with a degree in, what I like to call, Growth Strategy (Entrepreneurial Management), from Drake University and a hobby called Internet marketing. I've worked in numerous industries consulting and providing innovative ways to solve business problems from large enterprises to small shops. I hope you'll enjoy my rants and venting about business, marketing and strategy. If there is one thing you can count on, I always follow the data, preferably, miles outside of the box.