Archive for the 'Public Speaking' Category

Jan 15 2009

Creating Useful Filters Rather Than Useless Speed Bumps

As long as we live in a resource-constrained world (time, money, etc), we will create filters to separate the top-notch from the tolerable, the Thinkpad’s from the Acer’s, the Nunatak’s from the Campmor’s.
Most of these filters are intuitive, unconsciously acted upon.
I remember hearing a basketball referree, a seasoned college-level veteran, recount how crowds went from [...]

Jun 09 2006

“We never miss a deadline…”

Spent two hours this past Tuesday listening to various student presentations in my Project Management class final.
A couple of highlights:

Our group went first (random draw). I started us off with a 30-second intro retelling the advice of a friend: “Good judgement comes from experience… And experience comes from bad judgement.” Delivered properly, it normally draws [...]