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Collaborating teams outperform groups of individuals

Michael William Hughes Posted on March 2, 2014 by Michael HughesJuly 26, 2016

8th   Installment: Collaborating teams outperform groups of individuals 7th Installment: Don’t Over or Under Manage 9th Installment: Learn to walk before you run  “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” – Michael Jordan (1963- ) “Remember upon the conduct … Continue reading →

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Posted in Management | Tagged 2004 Olympic Dream Team, Collaborating teams | 1 Reply

Don’t Over or Under Manage

Michael William Hughes Posted on February 8, 2014 by Michael HughesMarch 2, 2014

7th   Installment: Don’t Over or Under manage  6th Installment: Don’t chisel first estimates into stone 8th Installment: Collaborating teams outperform groups of individuals “The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what … Continue reading →

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Posted in Management | Tagged Clutter of Reality, Management, Project Failures, Project Managers, Theodore Roosevelt, Tommy Lasorda, Work Accomplishment Curve | 4 Replies

Is your Website Content Mobile Ready?

Michael William Hughes Posted on January 19, 2014 by Michael HughesMay 10, 2021

A good article was published earlier this month by Arnie Kuenn  at marketing land.com entitled “It’s 2014, Is Your Content Mobile Ready?”[1] The point he makes is not new, but it is growing more important.   The fact is, desktop … Continue reading →

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Posted in eMarketing | Tagged Mobile sites, Responsive web design, Web 2.0 | Leave a reply

American Nations

Michael William Hughes Posted on January 10, 2014 by Michael HughesDecember 25, 2016

American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America  by Colin Woodard   Publisher: Viking Adult; First Edition (September 29, 2011) ISBN-10: 0143122029 ISBN-13: 978-0143122029 This book shows how American’s immigration history  has resulted in the different cultures of the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Anthropology, Book Reviews | Tagged Civil War, Colin Woodard, Eleven Rival Regional Cultures, History, partisanship, Roots of partisanship, Trends, Understand Trends, Understanding Culture, Understanding Society | Leave a reply

Don’t chisel first estimates into stone

Michael William Hughes Posted on December 28, 2013 by Michael HughesMarch 2, 2014

6th    Installment: Don’t chisel first estimates into stone 5th Installment: Manage the Project not the Project Management Tool 7th Installment: Don’t Over or Under Manage   “It is a bad plan that admits of no modification”  – Publilius Syrus (1st century … Continue reading →

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Posted in Management | Tagged Clutter of Reality, Management, Project Failures, Project Managers, Publilius Syrus, Thomas Alva Edison, Thomas Edison, Uncertainty Horizon | 2 Replies

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Michael William Hughes Posted on December 24, 2013 by Michael HughesDecember 20, 2016

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies By Jared Diamond Publication Date: April 1, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0393317552 | ISBN-13: 978-0393317558 Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond My rating: 5 of 5 stars The book attempts to explain … Continue reading →

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Posted in Anthropology, Book Reviews | Tagged Culture, History, Jared Diamond, Society Trends, Understanding Culture, Understanding Society Trends | Leave a reply

Bloody Skies: A 15th AAF B-17 Crew

Michael William Hughes Posted on December 18, 2013 by Michael HughesApril 27, 2018

Bloody Skies: A 15th AAF B-17 Crew: How They Lived and Died  – April 1, 1999 by Melvin W. McGuire (Author) , Robert Hadley (Author)   Publisher: Yucca Tree Press (April 1, 1999) ISBN-10: 1881325075 ISBN-13: 978-1881325079 This book has special meaning to me as my Father William … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Reviews, History | Tagged 15th AAF, 15th AAF B-17 20th Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group, 2nd Bombardment Group 5th Wing, 5th Wing, Amendola Air Base, B-17, B-17 Crew, Foggia Italy, Melvin W. McGuire, Robert Hadley, William Hughes, WWII | Leave a reply

Manage the Project not the Project Management Tool

Michael William Hughes Posted on December 8, 2013 by Michael HughesMarch 2, 2014

5th  Installment:  Manage the Project not the Project Management tool 4th Installment: Reward Bad News, Question Good News 6th Installment: Don’t chisel first estimates into stone  “Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.”  – Gertrude … Continue reading →

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Posted in Management | Tagged Clutter of Reality, Management, Project Failures, Project Managers | 2 Replies

How Secure Is Your Password?

Michael William Hughes Posted on November 13, 2013 by Michael HughesFebruary 6, 2014

Create a strong password that you can remember. How to come up with a password Substitute numbers or symbols for letters or words:  For example: I becomes 1 or !, e becomes 5, b becomes 8, the letter o becomes … Continue reading →

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Posted in eMarketing, IT | Tagged Breaking Passwords, Password Strength, Passwords | 3 Replies

Reward Bad News, Question Good News

Michael William Hughes Posted on November 5, 2013 by Michael HughesMarch 2, 2014

4th  Installation:  Reward Bad News, Question Good News 3rd Installment: The New Science of Who Sits Where at Work  5th Installment: Manage the Project not the Project Management Tool “You won’t find a solution by saying there is no problem”  … Continue reading →

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Posted in Management | Tagged Bill Gates, Clutter of Reality, Culture, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Management, Peter Drucker, Project Failures, Reward Bad News, Sholem Asch, William Rostler | 2 Replies

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