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A Lesson From The Navy on What NOT to Measure.

Bart Gragg — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:15:37 +0000

We often talk about ‘what get’s measured gets fixed.’ Well, what gets measured at least gets looked at, but it may not mean the system is getting fixed. This is a prime example of measuring not the wrong things, but falling short of measuring the entire thing – meaning results. This blog is by and [...]

Leader or Manager – What the Hell’s The Difference?

Bart Gragg — Sun, 23 May 2010 03:20:48 +0000

My bet? 99% of the people out there haven’t given this a thought. Those that have? Did you really? I challenge you to bring it – bring your best thinking and writing to this post’s comments. Right now I disagree with everything I have read. Everything. Want to know why?Here’s why – the typical leadership [...]

Is Prior Experience (or Training) A Guarantee of Future Safety?

Bart Gragg — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:00:03 +0000

From time immemorial man has discussed whether prior experience is a guarantee of future results from an employee. There are ever many factors involved in ‘guess-timating’ their potential for success, but the one that I continually come back to is “In what context will they be a success? What are your criteria?? To be sure, [...]

Roll With It? Be Prepared? Or Be Prepared to Get Rolled?

Bart Gragg — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:57:09 +0000

Do you prepare ahead of time or do you just roll with it? In many industries we are trained to “be prepared to roll with it.” Which is someone’s way of saying “We don’t know what to expect.” This is such a problem that when it happens frequently enough it becomes embodied in the culture [...]