Patience and Humility

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  • TOC for Admirals

    Coincidentally, I was already pondering a post regarding this article when I was asked to help the Coast Guard Vice Commandant’s office with administrative workflow. In my experience, admirals (and I assume other executives) are very comfortable at operating within MIT’s political and cultural lenses. Though they give much thought to strategy and wouldn’t accept […]

    Pat

    02/03/2023
    Work
    theory of constraints, WFLD, workflow
  • CPI of CPI

    You don’t have time to make things better. All you’re doing is just getting up every day and trying to avoid disaster. Daniel Norton The above quote from a recent MIT Sloan article resonated with me. I see examples each week of teams so busy trying to keep up with inbound requests that they don’t […]

    Pat

    12/30/2022
    Work
    theory of constraints, WFLD, workflow
  • Meetings [usually] blow

    After one of my first shop-level Theory of Constraints implementation pitch in 2014, I was asked if I desired unsolicited feedback on my meeting facilitation. I wasn’t sure if I did but listened to how inefficient I was. My agenda was vague, I failed to stick to it, and spoke more than I listened for […]

    Pat

    12/03/2022
    Work
    meetings, WFLD, workflow
  • TOC 101

    This is bar none the best tutorial I’ve ever come across explaining the Theory of Constraints. The job of management is to determine the capacity of their bottleneck, fill it, and then allow no more projects to begin until one is completed. Tiago Forte I had an experience this week that reminded me how undervalued […]

    Pat

    11/18/2022
    Work
    building a second brain, theory of constraints, workflow
  • Scaling down TOC

    I came across another successful Theory of Constraints (TOC) implementation this week with the world I am most familiar: aviation maintenance. I applaud the Air Force for insourcing this type of consulting and their findings were no surprise: The root-cause analysis identified core issues with scheduling processes, poor communication and multiple competing priorities. Katie Scott, […]

    Pat

    09/25/2022
    Work
    local, theory of constraints, WFLD
  • Reorganizing the Coast Guard for Steady-State Surge

    I’m now zero for two in USNI’s Coast Guard essay contest. Reading Ryan Holiday’s Perennial Seller made me reevaluate my previous position that one should write for themselves. I still think the motivation must be internal, but without an external audience no one will care. Below is my 2022 submission. Enjoy! Introduction The Coast Guard […]

    Pat

    08/27/2022
    Work
    Coast Guard, Naval Institute, workflow
  • Efficiency is the Enemy – Farnam Street

    If you ever find yourself stressed, overwhelmed, sinking into stasis despite wanting to change, or frustrated when you can’t respond to new opportunities, you need more slack in your life. Here’s how slack works and why you need more of it. — Read on fs.blog/slack/ I focused for many years on efficiency above all else, […]

    Pat

    08/01/2022
    Work
    priorities, WFLD, workflow
  • Paperwork he-double hockey sticks

    …automation is a great tool for killing busy work. Staff Sgt. Ryan Jette, USAF I posted before about the Navy allowing their graduate students to use automation in optimizing officer assignments and was happy to read that the Air Force is now providing licenses for any airman to iterate locally. The administrative aspects of the […]

    Pat

    07/01/2022
    Work
    priorities, WFLD, workflow
  • Humble Workflow

    pa·tience – the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset. hu·mil·i·ty – a modest or low view of one’s own importance; humbleness. -Oxford English Dictionary Patience and humility have been my watchwords since beginning this blog.  For too long I was too proud to recognize these blind spots of […]

    Pat

    06/04/2022
    Self
    MIT, values, WFLD
  • Calvert County Congratulates New, Expanded And Relocated Businesses – The BayNet

    I learned a new marketing term yesterday: newsjacking. We’ll see how viral SOMD newspapers can be. — Read on thebaynet.com/calvert-county-congratulates-new-expanded-and-relocated-businesses/

    Pat

    06/04/2022
    Work
    leadership, WFLD, workflow
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