Chief Accomplishment Officer of Carpe Factum, Inc (formerly Delta Project Solutions, Inc.). Teaches MBA classes as well as consult on project management issues. Tim is the author of Race Through the Forest – A Project Management Fable and various articles. Other books and articles in progress. His clients have included Harley-Davidson Motorcycles, Teva Neurological Pharmaceuticals,… Continue reading
Date Archives → February 2007
Quought for the day #41 – Atanu Dey
Dr. Atanu Dey is a contrarian and delights in pointing out which bits of conventional wisdom is not all that wise. Thus he argues, for example, that the solution to the problems of rural India lies in urban areas; or that information and communications technology will not solve problems that are not at their core… Continue reading
Quought for the day #40 – Kimberly Wiefling
Kimberly Wiefling is the founder of Wiefling Consulting, a scrappy enterprise enabling individuals, teams and organizations to achieve results that seem out of reach or nearly impossible through leadership and project management excellence. A physicist by education, she spent 10 years at HP in technical leadership and project management roles, then 5 years in the… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #172 – Manage costs associated with your contribution
Most often, we want to be congratulated for our contributions. Depending on the nature, size and frequency of contributions, we may expect different things – a raise, a pat on the back, a promotion or simply some sort of recognition. What gets conveniently overlooked is that cost that we bring along with the contribution. Whether… Continue reading
Quought for the day #39 – Tom Clifford
Thomas is an internationally recognized award-winning documentary filmmaker. Tom likes to tell people his films are like “MTV meets PBS!” Tom’s passion is branding organizations and transforming individuals through remarkable storytelling and authentic documentary filmmaking. For over 20 years, organizations like The Travelers, Deloitte, Lincoln Financial Group, Epilepsy Foundation, Honeywell and Timex have counted… Continue reading
Quought for the day #38 – Professor Srikumar S. Rao
Professor Srikumar. S. Rao is the Louis and Johanna Vorzimer Professor of Marketing at the C. W. Post campus of Long Island University and an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. His course – Creativity and Personal Mastery – is one of the highest rated courses at Columbia Business School and has been written up… Continue reading
FREE eBook: Personal Branding for Technology Professionals – Japanese version
Izumoto Takashi and his team at Quickwins Corporation in Japan have been kind enough to translate my eBook “Personal Branding for Technology Professionals” into Japanese. I have many Japanese friends but I have never been to Japan. I look forward to going there one day. Thanks to Izumoto and his team for this initiative. Here… Continue reading
Don't like what you are doing OR you are saying you don't like what you are doing?
Actually, there is a big difference in both of these 1. You don’t like what you are doing 2. You say you don’t like what you are doing. In the first case, there is a chance that you can do something about it. Basically, you can change the situation in some way. In the second… Continue reading
The Art of Leverage: Anatomy of a calendar
In my last trip to India, I was able to spend some quality time with my friend Suresh (Investment banker, Photographer, Entrepreneur and just a genius character) and learnt about many of his projects. One that fascinated me was a calendar project that he did for a charitable organization. The project shows the power of… Continue reading