Business Process MappingAn independent viewer can be valuable in capturing, documenting, and challenging your business architecture, prior to process improvement exercises or IT architecture development.
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Things I Learned From Being a Motorcycle Instructor
This post was originally published internally at a previous employer, as part of a series on learning to coach and provide feedback to employees. Introduction I mentioned in an earlier blog post that one of my interests was motorcycling. In fact I was a volunteer instructor with the Ottawa Safety... Continue reading
Making Better Presentations
I’ve been working on a document for the last twenty years, consolidating my notes from presentations that I thought were especially good or bad into a set of advice on presenting well. This has become my own approach to making presentations, and it works well for me. I’m making the... Continue reading
Develop a reliable estimate during an elevator ride? Yes you can.
“Elevator Speeches” are an important tool in management. By chance, you find yourself in an elevator with a senior decision maker for 30 seconds. Can you do something useful with that time? You should have an “elevator speech” ready, or be capable of generating one instantly, for several topics, such... Continue reading
Lessons from Star Trek
At my last few employers I used to blog regularly and encourage other executives to blog. I will be reproducing slightly modified versions of some of those blog posts here. This one was intended to be a little “tongue-in-cheek” because I had a bit of a reputation as a nerd. ... Continue reading
Depth vs Breadth
At my last few employers I used to blog regularly and encourage other executives to blog. I will be reproducing slightly modified versions of some of those blog posts here. This one, on the subject of when and how to expand skills and knowledge, was first published in early 2019.... Continue reading