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Data Projects: Tips and Challenges

As we continue to drive data projects, familiar challenges begin to present themselves. By observing, we can become better diagnosticians of systemic issues. Learn what...

Countdown: Book Excerpt Chapter 4

Here is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, ‘Driving Data Projects: A Comprehensive Guide, set to release on February 26th, 2024.

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Resistance mitigation strategies

Change management wouldn’t be so hard if it weren’t for…the people. Open issues or objections left unresolved today cost time down the road. Suppose work starts before these concerns are mitigated. Stakeholders might get frustrated or begin to hold back their participation. Work produced might have difficulty getting implemented. Buy-in realizes impact.

There are three angles to consider. Addressing stakeholder resistance, achieving consensus on how deliverables are revised, and ensuring bi-direc...

Countdown: Book Excerpt Chapter 3

Here is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, ‘Driving Data Projects: A Comprehensive Guide, set to release on February 26th, 2024.

👉 The U.S., CAN, and UK pre-order lin...

Real Learning

Peter Senge, in The Fifth Discipline, says:

Real learning gets to the heart of what it means to be human. Through learning we recreate ourselves. Through learning we become able to do something we never were able to do. Through learning we re-perceive the world and our rela...

Profiles in Craft: Annie Lennox

AMBIDEXTERITY 101

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When you're that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can't really tell whether you have created the momentum or it's creating you.

Annie Lennox (1954—) is ...

Profiles in Craft: Patti Smith

ADAPTABILITY 101

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In times of strife, we have our imagination, we have our creative impulse, which are things that are more important than material things. They are the things that we should mag...

Profiles in Craft: Maya Angelou

AWARENESS 101

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I am convinced that most people do not grow up. We find parking spaces and honor our credit cards. We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I thin...

Profiles in Craft: Meryl Streep

AGILE 101

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I let the actions of my life stand for what I am as a human being. Contend with that, not the words.

Meryl Streep (1949—) is an American actress and singer. Often described...

Profiles in Craft: Twyla Tharp

DELIBERATE PRACTICE 101

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You have to keep monitoring yourself.

Twyla Tharp (1941—) is an American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and works in New York City. In 1966 she formed the ...