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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, […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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/
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Solitude and Leadership
I’m feeling very much the business traveller today as I’m writing this post via in-flight internet on my way to my first WFLD client. My wife helped me with an outfit that says “informal professional,” I spent two hours this morning refining my presentation, and on the return flight will document any lessons learned in […]
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Modernize Coast Guard Workflow Management
I submitted the following article to U. S. Naval Institute Press last year for their 2021 Coast Guard essay contest. This grew out of a challenge a mentor of mine gave me in 2016 to go beyond just leaving a passdown for my replacement and instead draft a white paper recommending organizational change based on […]
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State of WFLD
Workflow Leadership & Design (WFLD) is now seven months old and since I just filed my taxes, I thought it time for [hopefully] the first State of WFLD. Past My goal for 2021 was to establish the infrastructure of WFLD and not invest more than $1,500 to do so. As you can see from the below […]
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9 Short Quotes That Changed My Life and Why — RyanHoliday.net
Like a lot of people, I try to collect words to live by. Most of these words come from reading, but also from conversations, from teachers… 1,803 more words 9 Short Quotes That Changed My Life and Why — RyanHoliday.net January’s post got away from me, so here is a quick/late repost. I come across […]
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Patience and Humility 