Dates covered: June 10-16, 2019 (week 24 of 52) Business When Employees Are Using Software That IT Hasn’t Approved (via Harvard Business Review) Although I haven’t experienced it to the scale of the examples mentioned in the article, there are…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 23
Dates covered: June 3-9, 2019 (week 23 of 52) Business How to Survive a Recession and Thrive Afterward (via Harvard Business Review) Deleverage as much debt as you can; when revenue is tight, it’s difficult to make principal and interest…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 22
Dates covered: May 27-June 2, 2019 (week 22 of 52) NOTE: A bit lighter this week, as I’m on vacation. Business Don’t Break Up Facebook — Treat It Like a Utility (via Harvard Business Review) The big tech companies like…
Genessis Models F-14D Build
Bobby Waldron put together a phenomenal set of 26 videos (over 13 hours) of a 1/48-scale Hobby Boss F-14D Tomcat. I picked up so many tips from this set, I decided to make a table of contents. (I know I’ll…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 21
Dates covered: May 20-26, 2019 (week 21 of 52) Business How Executive Recruiters Maintain Secrecy (via Harvard Business Review) I’ll skip the numbered list, as I doubt any of my readers are being recruited as executives. The amount of covert…
Battle Damaged F-4G Phantom: Part 7
(There are several videos instead of a single, lengthy video. Please see the individual sections for those videos.) In the previous post I assembled and painted the air intakes. This post covers painting the fuselage. Description Other than the filling…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 20
Dates covered: May 13-19, 2019 (week 20 of 52) Business The Age of Continuous Connection (via Harvard Business Review) This article suggests four strategies for using connectivity to enhance the customer experience that go beyond the “buy what we have”…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 19
Dates covered: May 6-12, 2019 (week 19 of 52) Business Companies Don’t Always Need a Purpose Beyond Profit (via Harvard Business Review) Although having a lofty mission statement is nice (Starbucks: inspire and nurture the human spirit), most businesses exist…
RPM 82 Review
Here’s my quarterly RPM review post giving some details and thoughts about the 2019 Q2 release, RPM 82. I’ll start with my general thoughts for the release, and if you’re interested in a track-by-track breakdown, keep on reading. General thoughts…
Improve Your Writing by Flagging Words in Office
A colleague of mine recommended the book Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style to me. Communication is a critical component of most of my world, and I love languages. The first chapter challenges the reader to…