OT Prize-winning project management

Wow, that was thirty years ago?!?

I'm starting to feel old, our company got bought and yesterday was "Day

Got my AARP card today too... and promptly tore it up.

Jeff DeWitt

Karl Haas wrote:

Years ago I was in an advanced tech group whose project was really going to s*it. The manager of a bunch of advanced degreed engineers and technicians was replaced with a technician who at age about 60 decided to be a manager for the first time. They announced he would be the manager one afternoon and at the end of the announcement he said we would have a meeting the next morning at 8. When we came into the room he had arranged the chairs in a circle, just like a second grade reading group, and after we sat down, he asked each person to explain to the group what they were doing. It was the only meeting he ever had and two weeks later the project had made up about six months and went on to be successful a few months later. I have always been astounded at the synergy that results when everyone has a common goal and everyone knows whats going on and everyone buys in. Bill

You know, that really does sound like a good idea... I might just steal... er borrow it!

Jeff DeWitt

Bill Clark wrote:

Good move. the AARP is a despicably leftist organization which cares more about raking in lots of money & promoting an agenda is is far removed from the relatively conservative seniors in the US. I let my membership lapse a few years ago after finding the propaganda in their magazine so disgusting I had to ask them to stop sending it to my home. They did not bother to send me any response or apology, but did stop sending the mag. They must have a very low opinion of older Americans. Barry'd in Studes PS: No Studebaker or automotive content in this thread either, Karl; and you were the originator. At least you marked it "OT"

Only good thing I ever got from them (AARP) was a membership card. That card has saved me (well, my company) a lot of money on motel discounts over the years. I see now that they are behind the current TV ad campaign "Divided We Fail" and they are trying to bring everyone together.... I find that ludicrous knowing their background and agenda. Jeff (Slick marketing to expand membership though...) rice

Experience often rises over education.

Older folks tend to cut to the chase and pursue a path of simplification which flies in the face of "modern" methods.

My best successes occurred when I was given free reign and succeeded where others had failed with respect to cost/time savings.

JT

Bill Clark wrote:

I always thought that AARP was about money.

A shill for big insurance companies for sure. The few times that I sought quotes, they were without exception higher than I could find by myself and that includes auto insurance and Medigap policies.

Never another dime outta me!

JT

Barry wrote:

Most motels I stay at still give me their AARP rate when I ask for it, even though my card is long expired. AARP management seems to think that all seniors care about is what they can squeeze out of their kids & grandkids' generation, and that they care little about the long term future since they will not be around to see it. Like management of many labor unions, AARP management is out of step with most mature Americans- the people they are supposed to represent. Like many unions, the AARP seems to function as a shill for the left wing of the Dem party. Their magazine has a liberal, big government bias & never offers any balance or differing viewpoints. I will probably eventually get back in AAA. Barry'd in Studes

There's no publication in which I believe everything, and I think that the same applies to you all. I assume that you, like I, pick what to read and what to accept or disbelieve. Karl