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Entries Tagged as 'Control'

Elvis without the Colonel, Success without a Manager?

March 16th, 2007 · No Comments

I’m not the biggest Elvis fan (though my wee one had a sweet suit one October), but one thing was very clear - Elvis wasn’t Elvis without the Colonel. And though I always picture Colonel Sanders, it makes me wonder:
Would I be Elvis if I only found my Colonel? Would I want to be?
I don’t […]

Tags: Growth · Career · Change · Control

Is your career languishing in BETA?

March 15th, 2007 · 3 Comments

(This is part of the “Enhance perspective, assume control” series of posts.)
If you’ve spent any time on the Web lately, you’ve likely come across the word “BETA.” Or stumbled across a site or service in BETA. Probably more times than you care to recall.
BETA has achieved such a point of verbal saturation that it’s just […]

Tags: Product management · Career · Control · Perspective

The No Asshole Rule

March 13th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I love flying. If only because it let’s me catch up on all the reading I’ve been meaning to do.
As per Amy’s “Assholes 101” post, I’ve been stuck trying to finish The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t by Bob Sutton.
Last time I was talking to her about it, […]

Tags: Wrong · Review · Corporate Culture · Fear · Career · Workplace · Control · Perspective · Assholes

Who said this?

March 13th, 2007 · 2 Comments

(This is part of the “Enhance perspective, assume control” series of posts.)
“If I look at the mass, I will never act. If I look at the one, I will.”

Tags: Quiz · Control · Perspective

Make every project a portfolio piece

March 12th, 2007 · 2 Comments

(This is part of the “Enhance perspective, assume control” series)
One of the things that always killed me about working on the corporate side of the desk was my perspective. I always felt like I owed something to “the Business.” With a big “B.”
There was something beyond the people with whom I worked, beyond the execs, […]

Tags: Meaning · Control · Perspective

Enhance perspective, assume control

March 11th, 2007 · 5 Comments

One of my favorite scenes from the movie Blade Runner features Harrison Ford’s character, Rick Deckard, analyzing a series of photographs, using a machine that magnifies the photos to ridiculous proportions.
To manipulate the machine, he calls out a particular quadrant and then says “enhance.”
Enhance.
Enhance enables Deckard to find a minute–practically invisible to the naked eye–clue […]

Tags: Product management · Control · Perspective