It turns out I’ve now posted 501 posts in three years and twenty-six days since I launched this blog. Wow! 501…no wonder I keep thinking I wrote posts on topics I haven’t covered yet (an error I hope to remedy soon) and it makes sense I keep finding posts that are treasures I want to […]
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I’m still recovering from a much needed break over the holidays and I’m not quite ready to jump back in to the big blog posts. So please accept these fireworks as a little burst of joy while you wait. Happy 2013! May this be your year of great accomplishments. What will you celebrate when 2013
Engine for Change launched on 28 December 2009 with a short welcoming post. Since then I’ve written more than 470 posts and Engine-for-Change.com has received more than 122,000 site visits. I can only imagine what the next three years will hold for all of us who are driving change in a world that seems to
Almost Three Years Read More »
Today I had the honor of receiving a Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award from Captain Mark Whitney, Commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF). The award includes a medal, certificate, citation and lapel pin. The citation read: Commander Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility Presents NAVY MERITORIOUS CIVILIAN
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Check out this link at Vimeo to see a video of the first five minutes of my presentation at the Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization (TOCICO) conference in New York in June. I hope the five minute tease will be enough to motivate you to buy the DVD with the full one hour presentation
[Below is my open letter to the PSNS & IMF 2011 Guiding Coalition since I’m out on maternity leave and can’t be there with them at their last meeting of the year.] Dear 2011 Guiding Coalition members – Each year brings its own wins and challenges. This year you saw many of both. We had
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Today I broke the clip art barrier. What, you ask, is the clip art barrier? It is the limited supply of silly clip art that comes with a standard Microsoft Office package that acts as a barrier between the idea you want to share and actually sharing it. I want a working man with a
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An interesting by-product of developing a culture where people notice and celebrate wins is that people will share wins with you just at the times you most need them. Today, I was having a rough afternoon. My energy was down. My mind was frustrated. I was in a small pit of despair. Just then, a
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We have a tradition at work called the Donut Offense. You receive a Donut Offense from your peers whenever a list of good or bad things happens to you. The list includes: have a baby, get your picture in the paper, win an award, forget your badge at home. Once you receive a Donut Offense,
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Last Friday, I was honored to be recognized by my employer, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) as one of the twenty or so Employee of the Year award winners. My award came in the category of Professional Command Support. Here’s the citation that was read at the ceremony, April
