CADDManager on August 27th, 2008

Tools – Talent – Technology – Training These four T’s can be used to define your efforts in you job. Combine these four and you get a balanced approach to CAD. Turning now to the technology of CAD Technology is your approach to using the tools and the talent. Who gets to use what? What […]

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CADDManager on August 26th, 2008

Tools – Talent – Technology – Training These four T’s can be used to define your efforts in you job. Combine these four and you get a balanced approach to CAD. Now let’s look at Talent Talent relates to who is using the tools. Do they have a gut level understanding of how they are […]

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CADDManager on August 25th, 2008

Tools – Talent – Technology – Training These four T’s can be used to define your efforts in you job. Combine these four and you get a balanced approach to CAD. Let’s look at the Tools Tools relates to the ones that you select. Which ones will you use?  What will you use them for? […]

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CADDManager on August 18th, 2008

Tools – Talent – Technology – Training These four T’s can be used to define your efforts in you job. Combine these four and you get a balanced approach to CAD. Tools relates to the ones that you select. Which ones will you use? What will you use them for? Talent relates to who is […]

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CADDManager on August 13th, 2008

Reviewing processes or procedures helps you to streamline the work flow of your CAD environment.  But when you review – what do you do? I am convinced that the CAD Managers job includes reviewing, defining and refining each and every step of the CAD process.  From creation to completion.  From files to projects to overall […]

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CADDManager on August 12th, 2008

Are you one or the other? Frugality is the practice of (from Wikipedia) acquiring goods and services in a restrained manner, and resourcefully using already owned economic goods and services, to achieve a longer term goal. Cheap is.. The Cambridge dictionary includes the definition as “someone who is unwilling to spend money” So which one […]

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CADDManager on July 23rd, 2008

I have heard a lot of talk from a lot of CAD Managers about skipping a release of software.  They have decided that it is better to not upgrade every time a software release comes out and have settled into a double jump process.  This means that they are not upgrading when a new release […]

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CADDManager on July 7th, 2008
This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series Thought Leadership

There are some down sides to Thought Leadership.  They come if you don’t pay close attention to the whole process.    They can be negative because the balancing act can sometimes go badly.  It can go badly when you say or do something that brings disrepute on yourself or your firm.  Thought Leadership comes with a […]

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CADDManager on July 3rd, 2008
This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series Thought Leadership

Many would ask: Why should I bother doing all this? What’s in it for me? What will I gain by being a Thought Leader? Let me list a few things that I think make it an advantage to you and your career to become a Thought Leader. Admittedly these are from my personal perspective. Others […]

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