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Musician & Yin Style Bagua practitioner. Over twenty years of software implementations and upgrades, project management, systems and applications development experience with a current focus on ADP eTime & Kronos Timekeeper/HR systems implementation.
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Why is it that so often people who seem to believe in doing the right thing and convince others they are ethical, religious and/or moral, aren't.
Maybe I'm just gullible? None of us is perfect, but I sure want people and organizations to have integrity.
Improvisations has a mission, vision and plan. It's pretty good I think. The bottom line is that we do what we say. We work hard to do the right thing, to Wow! our customers, our talent, and sometimes others who enjoy our company. We teach everyone we come into contact with as much as possible. This keeps us learning all the time and that is of great benefit to all. If this is for you, we invite you to come play in our sandbox; Join Kronos-Fans, sign up for the newsletter, comment on this blog, get involved helping other kronites, call me.
One of the most dangerous comments I hear when analyzing an organization is, "that's not our job". Of course it's one of the most common threads of thought isn't it? What are we really saying with that oft used phrase?
You get the idea.
I agree that it's most important to take care of our direct responsibilities, however isn't the success of ones organization part of that list? I see it like The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People quadrant system. The two things we look at are 1) is it important? and 2) is it urgent? The urgent stuff is our own personal list of responsibilities and the important stuff is how these responsibilites tie into the greater good.
The processes that travel 'over the wall' to another department are some of the most important processes in the organization. Ever hear of organizations that are full of silos? Ever deal with one? You might think you are dealing with brilliance until you need something just outside thier purview. One can't even talk directly to the appropriate person because he's not part of your team.
So, how do you work?
If you are in Benefits and your know that the work that you do affects Payroll, do you care and validate that the changes you make end up paying the employee as you expect and according to the Benefits policies?
If your job is Systems Administrator for Kronos Timekeeper and the Connect developer needs some access setup on the server, does he have to ask his manager to ask your manager to get it done?
I hope you all find yourself recovered from the holidays and looking forward to the new year. Most of us are glad to see the last several years go away. "I'd like to forget them completely!" I've heard said. But we all know that with age should come wisdom so let's not forget to learn what we can from this period. In my mind, a few things are paramount:
Welcome!
This blog entry celebrates our new website and is a portend of things to come. In a few words, I hope to communicate to the Improvizations team, our clients, prospects and 'Fans' who we are and what we all should expect every day.
Almost a decade ago I wrote a Vision. It was more to me than simply a Business Plan requirement. I wanted to make clear to myself the right way to go about things in life.
Hang out with interesting people, pioneering customers and supliers. Failure is a prerequisite to success. Screw-ups are the mark of excellence. If it works, it's obsolete. Innovation is driven by diversity. Prototype more than plan. Reframe everything into something way better than expected. WOW everything. This is a summary of Tom Peters work, and in many ways I've always believed in the same.
Yep. You can't go wrong having those kinds of thoughts as a driving force in a consulting business. Improvizations is thinking about it's brand, my brand. Hmm. Never really thought about it before. It's always been simple in my mind. Do what you say you'll do and everything else works out. How well does this grow with a company? I've never really cared + IT HAS TO.
Our brand shows
We are a Professional Service Firm (PSF)
The above is our mindset, our attitude. Our intent is clear. We are mounting an adventure towards work that WOWs! In order to be a leader we need to perform miracles and in order to do that we must use every available gift. Our new game is to be the "scintillating center of value added through knowledge capital accumulation." Do work that matters and do it better and faster than the best PSF of today, and tomorrow.
Thanks for being here.
Enjoy the ride.
Musician & Yin Style Bagua practitioner. Over twenty years of software implementations and upgrades, project management, systems and applications development experience with a current focus on ADP eTime & Kronos Timekeeper/HR systems implementation.