Up the Organization : Reports

on 12 November 0 Comment

So many reports, so little time. Thanks to someone posting a YouTube link which referenced the book/manual Up the Organization by Robert Townsend, here are some quotes on reports – What are you going to do with that report? What would you do if you didn’t have…

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Do your KPIs matter? AIM better!

on 10 October 0 Comment

So yeah I ended the last post pretty abruptly… let me expand it on it some more. KPIs  Key Performance Indicators Should they be the same year after year? Are the goals the same year after year?  Sure there are probably some overarching goals like make more sales. But…

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Optimizing By Not Optimizing

on 23 September 0 Comment

I like to scroll and read, and come across a lot of nuggets that I think aha, and then forget about. Some things float to the top, and when they do, it’s really important to write them down in a good place because inevitably I’ll forget…

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Keep it Simple with KISMET

on 04 July 0 Comment

Again and again, Keep it Simple makes a comeback. It’s back at work, and this morning I read this paragraph while scrolling – “The one thing that everyone that hikes the Camino de Santiago does is to start out carrying too much stuff with us in our…

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Holidaze

on 26 December 0 Comment

Holiday week for kids and some parents, hopefully a relaxing(?!) time???  Maybe, maybe not.  If not, perhaps a time of reflection of how to lessen the (self-imposed?) stresses of the holidays.  Starting with gift giving!  It reminds me of this recent post from Bas (highly recommend to follow his…

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Workouts and Workarounds

on 12 September 0 Comment

Sometimes you want a feature in Power BI that doesn’t seem to exist.  Luckily, Power BI is full of hidden ‘features’ that allow you to do what you seemingly could not do. Same with workouts.  Convention would have you on your back to do some good…

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