The Cost of Specializaton
D. Brown Management
April 24, 2020
Learn the right balance between specialists and generalists. Specialization is great and is what has allowed all of us to continually experience improved lives for generations. However, when taken too far, specialization can become a liability.
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Always Do the Math and Build Your Own Models
D. Brown Management
April 23, 2020
You will learn more in the process of building and refining your own models than you will in just reading 1,000 headlines. How much time do you spend developing your own models as a mechanism to learn?
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Average is Rare and Rarely Valuable
D. Brown Management
April 23, 2020
Study the differences between the varying levels of performance and work to close those gaps. Seeing how the average is trending can be very valuable to visualizing the trajectory, and that goes for every element on a Contractor's Scoreboard.
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If a Problem is Worth Solving, It's Worth Solving All the Way
D. Brown Management
April 23, 2020
Not all problems are created equal and not all problems are even worth solving. When they are; be aggressive in solving them so they never come up again. Remember that 90% of continuous improvement is just about eliminating problems consistently.
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Deliberately Building Your Perfect Life
D. Brown Management
April 22, 2020
What did you do today to improve your value-add and do more of what you love? The foundation of all sustainably growing contractors is a team with each person individually strong, sharing common values, and aligned around a common purpose.
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The Basic Math of Prioritization
D. Brown Management
April 21, 2020
Build your project, career, and business more profitably by continually allocating more of your resources to their "Highest & Best" use, focusing on prioritized probabilities rather than possibilities.
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Creative Adaptability as a Company Culture and Capability
D. Brown Management
April 20, 2020
Ensure that your business and career thrives in the current COVID shutdown and in the likely post-COVID recession. Be like Batman and build yourself into who you need to be in order to thrive in all situations.
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COVID - Ask the Right Questions
D. Brown Management
April 20, 2020
Asking the right questions about how COVID-19 is truly impacting you in the short and long-term will help ensure that you are solving the right problems. This applies to all complex problems faced in life and business.
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Stephen Schwarzman - Time Wounds All Deals
D. Brown Management
April 19, 2020
Speed is a competitive advantage and a capability that can be built. Contractors work through hundreds of deals each year, including negotiating to win new work, joint ventures, recruiting key talent, successions, and mergers and acquisitions.
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General Mattis - Operations Occur at the Speed of Trust
D. Brown Management
April 19, 2020
Retired General Jim Mattis uses the word trust 65+ times in Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead. "Trusted personal relationships are the foundation for effective fighting teams, whether on the playing field, the boardroom, or the battlefield."
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