Here is a list of my classes and times (PST) 

Tech Transitions: Will the Move to 3D Make You Obsolete? CM220-1 | Lecture | Tuesday Nov. 30 | 10:00am – 11:00am | 1-Hour 

Strategic Planning 101: The Basic Tools for Success BO228-1 | Lecture | Tuesday Nov. 30 | 2:00pm – 3:00pm | 1-Hour 

Strategic Planning 101: The Basic Tools for Success BO231-1U | Unconference | Tuesday Nov. 30 | 3:30pm – 4:30pm | 1-Hour 

The BIM Manager Career Path CM327-1 | Lecture | Wednesday Dec. 1 | 1:30pm – 2:30pm | 1-Hour

I am also doing a Virtual Class:

Virtual Class: CAD Leadership 2010: Beyond CAD Management 

Class Date: 11/30/2010 – Time: 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM 

Class Date: 11/30/2010 – Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM 

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.

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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 slower than people think they will be. we thought that CAD would change everything and it did, but not overnight. How long did it take? Where you there at the time? Did it all change overnight? No, it started slow and built toward change. Some of the adventurous changed at first, then others joined them, but it took some time.

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In the book "The Truth about Leadership" by James M. Kouzes and
Barry Z. Posner, they state several "truths' that they uncovered about leaders.

Based on about 30 years of research, with an overwhelming amount of input via surveys and leadership assessments their book explores the basic truths of leadership that remain the same regardless of context or circumstance.

They present 10 "Truths" and here is some comments on their #5 truth... "You Can't do it Alone"

Leaders by themselves do not make anything happen. They need followers. It is a shared responsibility that needs others and the others need a leader. Leaders and Followers. It takes both.

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I asked this question on my BIM Manager Survey for 2010 and here are the results...

In 2008 37% of those who held a BIM title (like BIM Manager) said that they had a formal written Job Description.

In 2009 that number was reduced to 32.4%

The trend toward lower numbers continues

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