http://www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2005/06/adaptability-is-key.html Management, especially good management, is hard to do. This blog is for people who want to think about how they manage people, projects, and risk. Fri, 18 May 2012 15:02:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2005/06/adaptability-is-key.html/comment-page-1#comment-173 sankar Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:39:24 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/?p=8142#comment-173 Adaptability is nonsense. Acceptance is the word. Accept what happens - this means retaining your balance even when things go "wrong". Adaptability carries a negative connotation - just think about the different meanings these two words convey. Accept the reality, accept the build breaks, accept the misperformance, accept customers expectations...then you wont spend a second on cribbing. Adaptability is nonsense. Acceptance is the word. Accept what happens – this means retaining your balance even when things go “wrong”. Adaptability carries a negative connotation – just think about the different meanings these two words convey.
Accept the reality, accept the build breaks, accept the misperformance, accept customers expectations…then you wont spend a second on cribbing.

]]> http://www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2005/06/adaptability-is-key.html/comment-page-1#comment-174 Jeff Fri, 17 Jun 2005 05:57:45 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/?p=8142#comment-174 Sounds like you are caught in “The Blur”. Like people in their personal lives, organizations often find that most of their work is informal, assigned verbally, is ad-hoc or done through email. We call this ”The Blur.” Reducing ”The Blur” can have the single most positive effect on your resources. Sounds like you are caught in “The Blur”. Like people in their personal lives, organizations often find that most of their work is informal, assigned verbally, is ad-hoc or done through email. We call this ”The Blur.” Reducing ”The Blur” can have the single most positive effect on your resources.

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