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Bill Holmes
Sep 3, 20203 min read
Tip 1 for the Remote Manager – People First
"Remote work is the future of work." Alexis Ohanian, Reddit "You can never over-communicate enough as a leader at a company, but at a...
Bill Holmes
Aug 16, 20203 min read
The pandemic got you down? Look to Maslow!
“Overthinking is not a disease; it is due to the underuse of your creative power.” Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations “Your...
Bill Holmes
Jul 31, 20202 min read
Chaos isn’t a pit, it’s a ladder
“Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is the ladder, and the climb is all there is.” Petyr Baelish, Game of Thrones “In the midst of chaos, there is...
Bill Holmes
Jul 21, 20203 min read
Using simple phrases to convey complex ideas
“One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.” Aldous Huxley, Brave New World “Without education, we are in a...
Bill Holmes
Jul 8, 20203 min read
Persuasion through unusual words
“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” George Orwell, 1984 “Don't use words too big for the subject....
Bill Holmes
Jun 30, 20204 min read
My 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 Holmes
Jun 17, 20204 min read
Coring 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....
Bill Holmes
Jun 12, 20202 min read
My 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...
Bill Holmes
Jun 3, 20203 min read
What 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...
Bill Holmes
May 20, 20203 min read
Mankind’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 Holmes
May 9, 20203 min read
Final 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...
Bill Holmes
May 2, 20203 min read
COVID–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...
Bill Holmes
Apr 24, 20203 min read
COVID-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...
Bill Holmes
Apr 16, 20202 min read
COVID – 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 Holmes
Apr 9, 20203 min read
COVID–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...
Bill Holmes
Apr 3, 20203 min read
COVID – 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...
Bill Holmes
Mar 28, 20204 min read
COVID 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...
Bill Holmes
Mar 25, 20203 min read
The 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...
Bill Holmes
Mar 19, 20203 min read
The 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 Holmes
Mar 13, 20203 min read
The 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...
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