Posts tagged process
Richard Holschuh :: Upside Down and Backwards: How to Start at the Beginning
3June 23, 2010
Note for the hosts: Please take ten minutes to read this essay, then take 5 minutes to think how it might apply to what you do. Thank you.
Once there is an awareness of the basic process of process, which is doublespeak for having a clue, any problem or situation can be tackled. It may be a simple task such as hanging a picture or a complex one such as siting a house on a lot. In my mind, it is akin to having a backward perspective: knowing where you want to end up and then stepping backward from there, 'til the beginning is found. Exactly what those steps may be doesn't really matter at this point. They will fill in on their own, in a series of mini-analyses re-enacting the basic premise on a smaller scale. It is beginning properly which matters most. [ . . . ]
Richard Holschuh :: Finding Your Bearings (On Process)
7June 14, 2010
I call this getting your bearings; finding the reference point from which all subsequent decisions will unfold and point back, as a virtual True North of the journey-man. If a mistake is made at this point, there will be a great deal of wasted time, retracing of steps, and the desired destination may never be attained successfully, much less satisfactorily; certainly not a profitable business model and a helluva way to run a railroad.
This is a skill worth recognizing, honing, and rewarding. [ . . . ]
Do You Have a Digital Camera in Your Toolbox?
4March 19, 2010
An inexpensive digital camera comes in handy . . .
