Why am I Here? (in front of class)

One of the first things I do when I start an on-site class is ask:

"Why Am I Here?"

• What value do I add by being here?
• Why did your company pay me money to teach you something that is available for free?
  • Videos of these lectures and exercise are availble online.  In fact, in many of them, I'm the narrator (unlikely now, but common at the time).
• Why Am I Here?

 

1. It forces staff to spend the time 24, 32 or 40 hours taking the training.
2. I can answer "detail" questions and provide context.
3. I diagnose, triage, and curate.  There is a LOT of content available, some of it is critical to you, much is not.  Some has a negative consequence.  The first hour I spend focused on learning your needs, picking appropriate foundational material to work through for the first day.  Over the course of the day (and the next), I refine my understanding of what you need and then find the best material available.  Generally if there is a day 4, I've got some new custom exercise that fill the biggest gap in the material that fits your needs.
4. I can translate the generic workflow to how you do things or how you should be doing things for your projects' unique or quirky needs.

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The Six-Ball Juggle

The Six-Ball Juggle

Designing Better workflows

Summary (the Takeaway)

How do you:

• • Simplify the Project
  • Speed the Workflow
  • Improve Quality
  • Solve Resource Issues
  • Improve Morale
  • Prevent my biggest regret as a Parent

 Juggle fewer balls.

 

Do this:

• • Skeptically re-evaluate your assumptions about the requirements.
  • Be skeptical that your Six Ball Juggler's workflow is actually the best workflow.
  • Bring in Circus Experts, talk to Entertainment Experts, Talk to Peers.
  • Design your workflow for Quality
  • Design your workflow for Clarity
  • Design your workflow for multiple talent threshholds
  • Design your workflow to be sustainable

 

Here's the Powerpoint Presentation:   The Six-Ball Juggle (slideshow)

 

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