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Fashion and the Internet…AND Continual Improvement

Bob Turek — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:17:49 +0000

My project management research has turned up an amazing blog that illustrates how continual improvement concepts work in fashion and style- www.laculturecreators.com. In it the author takes pictures of ordinary people who have achieved a victory of sorts in what they wear and how they wear it. Her ability to spot, shoot, and then explain, why success is achieved is truly remarkable. Proof of her ability are the many great comments that praise her work.

The continual improvement connection comes through understanding that people who do the work, at the ground level, often come up with the best ideas, improvements, and innovations. In business, all that is needed is a manager that knows how to elicit the innovation and then implement it; in the case of Culture Creators a creative eye that can communicate with pictures and the written word captures the innovations in fashion and style of ordinary people thereby sharing them with future fashionistas.

THIS is the essence of change and innovation.

Here is one example from www.laculturecreators.com:

“Sea green pomegranate. Such an intriguing look. I assumed the camera worked but it read more as a decorative piece, which I loved! A high waisted jean skirt is a definite must have, it’s extremely smart and versatile.”

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Fashion and the Internet…AND Continual Improvement

Best Practic Governance Models: Choosing the Right PMO Vision

Bob Turek — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:30:05 +0000

Check out the best practice governance model in my flagship series on Choosing the Right PMO Vision. This Theory of Constraints based approach is guaranteed to ramp up your innovation and strategy execution.

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Hey Everybody- Let Me Know How You Interact

Bob Turek — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:20:14 +0000

Just wanted to ask readers a question: do you use the email capability (posts go directly to you)? If so, do you ever go back to the blog and read other pages? I’m trying to figure out why there are so many links and possibly emails going out, but I’m not seeing the page view traffic.

This is purely an operational issue- but it is crucial to future blog project management! So, your participation will greatly enhance my future efforts at getting information out to YOU! Besides if you respond I’ll be jumping like the kid in the photo- woooohooooo!

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Hey Everybody- Let Me Know How You Interact

Last Post for PM411 For Awhile

Bob Turek — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:49:00 +0000

Last post for PM411 for awhile. My content will remain here so come back often. My Top Ten Posts are the previous ten……and don’t forget to visit www.lulu.com/workingtheplan for my books and articles on value selling large projects and innovative technology enablement.

One more thing. Check out my daughter’s fashion and style blog at http://www.laculturecreators.blogspot.com/; you’ll be glad you did!

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Last Post for PM411 For Awhile

Self-Publishing Projects Are Extremely Satisfying

Bob Turek — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:23:39 +0000

PM411 Alert! Two guest posts on www.homebiznotes.com about on-line self-publishing reveal my experience writing books and articles. Check them out:

http://www.homebiznotes.com/the-basics-of-self-publishing-with-guest-author-bob-turek/

http://www.homebiznotes.com/why-write-a-book-leveraging-your-business-guest-post/

For an example of a book and article web page go to www.lulu.com/workingtheplan.

For you writers out there this is a great way to get your content on the web.

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Self-Publishing Projects Are Extremely Satisfying

PM411 Top Ten Posts: No. 1- Innovations Are Under Your Nose: Go and See

Bob Turek — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:41:00 +0000

This post is, inexplicably, number one month after month. Maybe it was stumbled a few times; could be it is simply great advice that was passed around. The simplicity of “go and see” IS remarkable. Don’t miss it.

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PM411 Top Ten Posts: No. 1- Innovations Are Under Your Nose: Go and See

PM411 Top Ten Posts: No. 2- Here’s What PMO Governance Boards Want

Bob Turek — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:35:00 +0000

I am very pleased that this one is well read- it indicates a realization that what corporate boards want is important AND reveals a clear link to excellent governance and PMO processes. This is the clearest, simplest advice I’ve written about.

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PM411 Top Ten Posts: No. 2- Here’s What PMO Governance Boards Want

PM411 Top Ten Posts: No. 3- Organizations As Boxes Analogy Reveals Power of Projects

Bob Turek — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:33:00 +0000

This was one that was actually based on a very creative response to a post. The longevity of it is proof that innovative thoughts have staying power. Seeing departments as boxes in organizations allows you to play in analogy heaven.

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PM411 Top Ten Posts: No. 3- Organizations As Boxes Analogy Reveals Power of Projects

PM411 Top Ten Posts: No. 4- Continual Improvement Projects Require Excellent Governance

Bob Turek — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:21:00 +0000

The link of continual improvement and governance is becoming the focus of my most current research on continual improvement programs in the process industries. Invevitably those good at CI are good at governance and PMO-like functions that result in excellent prioritization of projects and execution of strategies.

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PM411 Top Ten Posts: No. 4- Continual Improvement Projects Require Excellent Governance

PM411 Top Ten Posts: No. 5- Calendaring and Preparation Fight Bad Multi-tasking On Projects

Bob Turek — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:16:00 +0000

Great individual self-improvement advice always seems to apply to larger corporate issues. The results of poor individual “project” management are very similar to poor corporate project management as is evidenced by the manifestation of bad multi-tasking in both.

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PM411 Top Ten Posts: No. 5- Calendaring and Preparation Fight Bad Multi-tasking On Projects