Are you talkin’ to me? – Robert De Niro brought this
line into popular culture in the mid seventies.
No one likes to be talked down to or insulted.
No one likes to be ignored or swept aside. Neither do
CAD Managers. But some CAD Managers feel ignored, under
respected, overlooked, misunderstood, cut short when expressing their
opinions and generally thought of as being underlings to everyone.
I usually write things for CAD Managers to do or be.
But this time around I am writing to everyone who interacts with
them. I am asking others to step into the CAD Managers shoes
and think about things.
Being in a service oriented profession CAD Managers are
use to serving others and most do it with vigor. They do not
look for the accolades, external rewards and incentives that others require.
They tend to be self sufficient and intrinsically rewarded by doing a
good job. But they also seek to establish partnerships with all
employees in an effort to improve productivity, quality and output.
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Finding Productivity
Every CAD Manager has the task of finding productivity
enhancements. It never ends. We should always be
looking for better, quicker, more stable, advanced ways of getting things
done. So where do we look for these things? How do
we spot areas that could be improved?
First thing out of the gate let me say that maintaining
things is actually helping productivity.
If all you do to
maintain the current level of productivity in your office, you are actually
gaining. This is because productivity always spirals down.
People get lazy, mistakes are made, we settle into sloppy habits.
Just keeping the active level of attention focused on the
continuation of the status quo is better than inattentive relaxed
ambivalence.
But if you are looking to improve things, where do you
look? Let’s break it down to some simple topics...
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April Survey Review
The April survey was concerned with upgrades. Are you moving? If so then?
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