by Pat Sweet | Oct 31, 2012 | Article, Careers, Getting Started, Professional Development
Quite some time ago, I introduced the concept of the 20-Mile March. The idea comes from Jim Collins’ latest book, Great by Choice. Collins describes the 20-Mile March as the set of activities that great companies do day in, day out, regardless of the prevailing...
by Pat Sweet | Oct 30, 2012 | Article, Leadership
I was recently asked to review a new eBook called Critical Thinking – Getting it Right by Christian Knutson. Today, I wanted to share with you what the book is about and what my overall thoughts were. The short version is that I think you would really dig this...
by Pat Sweet | Oct 24, 2012 | Article, Project Management, Systems Engineering
Engineering design is something I don’t write about nearly enough. Today, I’m going to buck the trend and cover something I feel is really important: designing with the outside world in mind. In engineering, it’s a common problem to design a...
by Pat Sweet | Oct 20, 2012 | Article, Productivity
Here’s the second part in my series about how to write an e-mail. Last time I wrote, I covered whether or not you should actually write an email in the first place. This time around, I’ll assume that you’ve decided that you really need to communicate...
by Pat Sweet | Oct 8, 2012 | Article, Getting Started, Productivity
How to Write an Email So here’s the first instalment of my “How to Write an EMail” series. Originally, I had meant for this to be a single post. About 650 words later, I found myself only just wrapping up Step 1. It turns out I’m pretty...
