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Paying Attention and Creating Solutions

BGarten — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:38:05 GMT

+ My name is Bryan Garten. I am the founder of Bella Garten LLC. My life mirrors that of a science fiction novel. Except for my experiences are real. I have had huge experiences in experiencing God's grace. This inspired me to name my company. The beautiful garden we all live on from God.+

I have been paying attention for many years. I have also been creating solutions.*

+* I have made suggestions for world peace, saved the lives of troops, seen the face of God and* +

have spread God's word.*

+* I have written poems, written songs, created inventions, visioned communities and provided solutions for some of America's toughest problems.* +

The first MRAP, Iraq troop surge and barriers, devices, AIG bailout, GM, the mortgage crisis and several Homeland Security inventions, Troop inventions, Law Enforcement and Firefighter inventions and solutions to make the world a better place.*

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I currently have several things that require completion.*

+* Great ideas to benefit America and the world.* +

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NFIB Summit in Washington DC

jimmymac — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:29:35 GMT

I plan to attend the National Federation of Independent Business Summit in Washington DC on June 8-10.

I was curious if any other SBOC members were planning to attend. If so what your expectations are and what you are expecting to accomplish at the summit.

The NFIB lobby's for the interest's of small businesses. I am curious as to peoples views concerning what political party best represents the interests of small businesses. (YIKES) And how you use the NFIB to further the interests of your business.

Perhaps we can have a cup of coffee at the event.

Thanks for your input.

Continued success and God Speed.

James McCallum
Sum2, LLC
www.sum2.com
president@sum2.com
973.287.7535

"That won't work! You don't understand the culture here..."

SOLVED — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:36:17 GMT

How many times have you heard that? A project seems to be aligned with business goals, the ROI has been evaluated and re-evaluated, but upon introducing it to the actual performers of the impacted processes, tasks, and outputs; the culture alarm is sounded. Quite often, this is the beginning of a difficult project path with resistance being met at every turn.

Once a project leader, often the Project Manager, is stuck with this problem they have two options: either stop to evaluate the culture and how it would align with project outcomes, or continue forward and try to appease the culture issues as they happen.

Before going any further, what does organizational culture actually mean? Organizational culture is the personality of the organization, departments and/or geographic locations of an organization can have different cultures from each other and the greater organization. Culture is comprised of the assumptions, values, and norms (communication methods, methodologies, etc.) of organization members and their behaviors. Members of an organization soon come to sense the particular culture of an organization. This "sense" is difficult to capture and seems, from a project perspective, to be a component of project readiness.

Unfortunately, some organizations use "culture" as a means to prevent change. Culture used this way makes it a critical challenge for change management.

I have been working on a program called the People Snapshot ^TM to define many of the pieces that make up the organizational culture and by doing so help organizational leaders plan and deploy appropriately while addressing the values of the people who make up the organization.

The dimensions to this are many; here are the ones that I am trying to address first:

Change Management Tolerance
Communications Preferences and Effectiveness
Cultural Dynamics
Environmental Responsibility
Generational Mix (Baby Boom, Gen X, Gen Y)
Management (Trust in Leadership)
Technological Savvy

Checkout our blog at http://www.enterprisesolved.blogspot.com/.

If you're interested in learning more about the People Snapshot^TM^ or Enterprise Solved visit http://www.enterprisesolved.com/.