Monthly Archives: February 2010
Manage By Spreadsheet, Lead By Flip Chart
“How are we doing on the ‘Prime Directive’ this week?” (Calence Project Manager Mike Tart) The Calence Project “War Room” was crowded. Sure, there were twenty people crammed in there, but the real crowd was a wall full of sticky … read more
Work Backwards
“Tim, you’ve got 11 months to change out every major business system we have. Good luck!” (Mike, Calence’s CEO, after an acquisition that doubled the size of our company.) We had no choice but to install new systems. The acquisition … read more


