One of my favorite quotes this year is from Dr. Howard Hendricks, an author, speaker and highly influential professor at Dallas Theological Seminary: "If anything has kept me on track all these years, it is being skewed to this principle of center focus. There are many things that I can do, but I have to narrow it... Continue Reading →
“I will not let quality get in the way of releasing on time!”
Yep, those words were really said. Out loud. On purpose. By a manager. To his team. Under stress. A participant in this week's project management workshop shared the story. I don't know the manager but my guess is he's probably a reasonable, rational, and decent person. Yet under stress, when we're in the heat of... Continue Reading →
Steven Slater is Not a Hero
Another headline caught my attention today, once again referring to JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater as a hero. A hero? I could see labels such as intriguing, outlandish, crazy, or extreme. I admit I chuckled out loud when I heard about the incident, just imagining a uniformed flight attendant sailing down a slide with two... Continue Reading →