“In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first.” So wrote Frederick Winslow Taylor, often called the father of management consulting, in the introduction to his 1911 seminal classic “The Principles Of Scientific Management”. Taylor, born into a wealthy Quaker family, whose ancestor...
When It’s February And You’re Already Behind Plan
Are you in this spot? Before you are even get a couple of months into a new budget year you’re already behind. People just back from leave, a bunch of new starters to on-board, action list growing and day to day demands not affording you the time. When you reach...
Drilling Deeper
Aristotle, one of the fathers of geology, student of Plato, and tutor of Alexander The Great, once wrote – “Excellence is not an act, but a habit.” So, too, is the key to getting the most out of your geos – developing the right management habits. Although It might seem...
Don’t Find Yourself Precisely Wrong
When the Challenger space shuttle exploded off the coast of Florida on January 28, 1986, Wayne Hale was head of the Propulsion Systems Section, Systems Division, Mission Operations, NASA. If you think you’ve experienced systems failure in your job, imagine if the entire event was being televised live around the...