Engineers love to tinker. This tinkering spills over into their work by the explosion of options that engineers put in almost all products they build. Options are great for engineers but for most people, options hinder the functionality of the device. That is where good design … [Read more...]
David Silverman: The 50-Minute Meeting
It's all for nothing if you don't have freedom from your schedule sometimes. [The 50-Minute Meeting](http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/silverman/2009/08/the-50minute-meeting.html) is a great idea. My method for effective meetings is to have an agenda, start on time and finish on … [Read more...]
Andrew Sullivan: Why Writers Hate Meetings
Engineers hate meetings as well. The original post is [here](http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html). The quote about breaking the day up is right on: "When you're operating on the maker's schedule, meetings are a disaster. A single meeting can blow a whole afternoon, by … [Read more...]
Risk Mitigation Plans
Risk is part of any endeavor. Some, like the business of innovation, have more than say building a house. Properly identifying the risks in your project is a valuable exercise. Don't consider this a defeatist attitude. Rather, it is a pragmatic approach to knowing where problems … [Read more...]
What One Management Skill Do You Want To Improve?
I have been working on an idea for a series of posts on management and wanted some feedback. If you could pick one management skill to improve, what would it be? Put another way, which MBA class would you want to take if given the opportunity? Thanks in advance for your … [Read more...]
