Bill HolmesJun 304 minMy experience with online proctoring – Part 2“There is no substitute for hard work.” Thomas Edison “If you are going through hell, keep going.” Winston Churchill I just completed the...
Bill HolmesJun 174 minCoring Pineapples and Other Management Follies“Listen to those under your supervision. Really listen. Don’t act as if you’re listening and let it go in one ear and out the other. Faki...
Bill HolmesJun 122 minMy experience with PMI® online proctoring – Part 1“All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.” Erma Bombec...
Bill HolmesJun 33 minWhat is the “Point of Total Assumption”? And why do I care?“Never test the depth of river with both feet.” Warren Buffet “Winners are simply willing to do what losers won't.” Prachi Patel The cont...
Bill HolmesMay 203 minMankind’s Greatest Invention!“Put a good person in a bad system and the bad system wins, no contest.” W. Edwards Deming “Management by results - like driving a car by...
Bill HolmesMay 93 minFinal Thoughts on COVID-19 – Risk Management Principles are the Key!“Business people need to understand the psychology of risk more than the mathematics of risk.” Paul Gibbons, The Science of Successful Or...
Bill HolmesMay 23 minCOVID–19 My Predictions Part 6–Rejection of Science“The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.” Bertrand Russell “Science is the g...
Bill HolmesApr 243 minCOVID-19 My Predictions Part 5 – Skepticism about “Experts”“Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.” Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love “Philosoph...
Bill HolmesApr 162 minCOVID – 19 My Predictions Part 4 – The Fall of the Globalist“We're exploring the possibility of building a wall to stem the exodus." "Don't be ridiculous," Goddard said. "Only idiots build walls.” ...
Bill HolmesApr 93 minCOVID–19 My Predictions Part 3 – A Shift in Education“Since most American students cannot simply pay their full tuition out of pocket, financing a college education often takes the form of l...
Bill HolmesApr 33 minCOVID – 19 My Predictions Part 2 – Remote Medicine“My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn't pay the bill he gave me six months more.” Walter Matthau “Technology now allow...
Bill HolmesMar 284 minCOVID 19 – My Predictions – Part 1–The Rise of the Remote Worker “Forcing everyone into the office every day is an organizational Single Point of Failure” Jason Fried, Office not Required “To successful...
Bill HolmesMar 253 minThe Importance of “framing” Part 10 – Getting it Wrong – COVID-19 – Part 2 “If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't.” Hyman G. Rickover “How m...
Bill HolmesMar 193 minThe Importance of “framing”Part 9 – Getting it Right – COVID-19 – Part 1 (I Predicted the Future!) Proper framing would have helped many organizations be better prepared for COVID-19
Bill HolmesMar 133 minThe Importance of “framing”Part 8 – Getting it Right – Paying for College! Proper framing of issues is a huge predictor of success! Even in your strategy to pay for college...
Bill HolmesMar 52 minThe Importance of “framing” Part 7 – Getting it Right – Going to University! Getting any issue framed properly is crucial! Today we look at properly framing for a college decision.
Bill HolmesFeb 282 minThe Importance of “framing” Part 6 – Getting it Wrong – Chernobyl Bad systems lead to bad outcomes
Bill HolmesFeb 213 minThe Importance of “framing” Part 5 – Getting it Wrong – The Challenger“After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone wron...
Bill HolmesFeb 143 minThe Importance of “framing” Part 4 – Getting it Wrong – TitanicThe Titanic sank because those in charge looked at the voyage through the wrong frame!
Bill HolmesFeb 62 minThe importance of “framing” Part 3 – Getting it Wrong – Blockbuster"Neither RedBox nor Netflix are even on the radar screen in terms of competition. It's more Wal-Mart and Apple." Blockbuster CEO Jim Keye...
