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Less Talk
#243 Less Talk This is a continuation of the previous comic. I’m still surprised when I think about how little value management puts into communication and teamwork. Every now and then the question “why do you need to talk about the project” keeps coming up. Hm, I wonder why? One thing that I’ve learned over the […]
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Meet of the Matter
#242 Meet of the Matter Have you ever worked at a place where communication was not valued at all? We’ve all been there before. There are meetings that are a complete waste of time because you have no stake or contribution. There are meetings about meetings about meetings. But what about the meetings where stuff […]
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The Big To-do
#239 The Big To Do I have to thank my friend and colleague Brian for the phrase “nuke and pave.” I mean, sometimes that’s all you can do. Sometimes there’s really no fixing something. Cut your losses and start over.
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The Plan Is
#230 The Plan Is Continuing the same line of thought of the previous comic…it’s pretty annoying when the so called the management doesn’t actually manage. I mean, sometimes the answer that we underlings want or need to hear is “I’m not sure, let’s figure something out” along with a little bit of follow through once […]
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Critical Errors
#229 Critical Errors I mentioned this in the last comic, but Dilbert has been really speaking to me lately. You guys don’t even know….sure, there is a fair bit of exaggeration, but there is always truth in hyperbole. I just hope that if I ever become management, that I can actually be a good leader […]
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Project Requirements
#227 Project Requirements Growing up, Dilbert never really made much sense to me. But now that I’ve spent some time working in a couple different different industries and on different types of projects, it makes too much sense. Why is the workplace like this? Why do we always say yes to something before thinking about […]