CADDManager on April 19th, 2011

Surviving in a Team The TV show “Survivor” has been broadcasting for quite a few years that gives us some examples that are rather bad on how to work in teams.  The show often gives glimpses into the sidebar meetings and clandestine little chats that make and break alliances.  Members of one tribe plan how […]

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CADDManager on April 19th, 2011

Most CAD Managers and managers in general have to participate and lead teams of employees in efforts that the company wants completed.  Working in teams can be fun, invigorating, productive and profitable for the firm.  It can also be a struggle, conflicts can and will occur and division can make failure seem inevitable. We see […]

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CADDManager on April 19th, 2011

What is teamwork and how does it really work?  This may sound like a very obvious question, but I have found many that do not really know how to work in teams and what teamwork really means.  So let me throw my thoughts into the air and see where they land. Good teams work toward […]

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CADDManager on March 20th, 2011

I am a big baseball fan.  I love to watch the games unfold.  I see the strategy and execution of the players and managers work and at times fail.  I see errors cause losses and luck initiate wins.  I see great teams come and go.  I see star players retire and new players replace them. […]

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CADDManager on December 27th, 2010
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Momentum

As mentioned in a prior post,Velocity is the speed at which your environment is moving or embracing change. Velocity goes beyond just speed.  If it were just speed then those that moved the fastest would always make the most progress.  While rate of change is important,so is the direction of the change. Velocity is defined […]

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CADDManager on December 20th, 2010
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Momentum

Momentum is defined as the power that is resident in a moving object. The amount of momentum that an object has depends on two physical quantities: the mass and the velocity of the moving object in the frame of reference. In physics, the usual symbol for momentum is a bold p (bold because it is […]

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CADDManager on December 20th, 2010
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Momentum

Loss of Momentum can happen and it will slow your CAD efforts down. Momentum, from a physics perspective, is constant in a closed system.  “Total momentum of a closed system of objects (which has no interactions with external agents) is constant. One of the consequences of this is that the center of mass of any […]

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CADDManager on November 23rd, 2010

When you start the Strategic Planning process, look first to the past. This will frame your thinking when planning for the future. If you do not keep in mind what has gone before you may be trapped by mistakes or misjudgments based on inaccurate understanding of what has transpired before. What is the CAD history […]

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CADDManager on November 23rd, 2010

None – not one technology is changing everything… at least right now How can I say that? Because I think nothing changes everything overnight. Yes, there are many technologies and software tools and hardware triumphs that are beginning to make major strides in change, but they are not changing everything. Why? Because changes are always […]

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