Cake Projects at Work
You can’t have cake projects every day at work. No way would you ever get your ‘real’ job done. So, how can you get that “I’m eating cake!” feeling from your current assignments, until the next big ‘cake project’ comes along?
Posts Tagged: continuous improvement
Inspiring Quotes From America’s Great Thinkers and Doers
Here are some quotes from many of America’s great thinkers and doers as inspiration for your Fourth of July holiday.
I Am No Longer Doing Continuous Improvement Projects!
We don’t talk about improvement methodologies. My team and I listen, learn, and then work to solve the problem.
Assemble the Government Avengers: A Comic Book Lesson in Collaboration
In the world of government, we have many common threats to face. Though it may be possible to withstand them on our own, we make ourselves much mightier when we band together and tackle them as a team.
Continuous Improvement Creates Diversity and Inclusion Opportunities
“We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.” – Maya Angelou” Status quo as we know it in civil service work is changing — and FAST. There are increasing performance expectations, an aging population, decliningRead… Read more »
Are You Doing Good Work?
How do you know if the work you do matters?
3 Ways to Help You Do More With What You Have
Advanced degrees, training, learning conferences: these are all good and should be part of your professional development. They just shouldn’t be your first call for help when you have to solve problems at work. So today I’m going to discuss three ways you can solve a lot of challenges without having to do everything on… Read more »
Self-Improvement Projects That Won’t Take Over Your Life
Time management is a tough task. Many of us feel that there simply aren’t enough hours in the day. When we have to maintain a healthy work-life balance, it becomes incredibly difficult to make time to grow your professional skills. No one is looking for more things to eat up time in the office, noRead… Read more »
Get Off the Lessons Learned Treadmill in 2015
Are you repeating the same lessons learned or mistakes?